controlling interest in both Cavendish House Co Ltd and Morgan Squire Ltd was acquired by Swears & Wells Ltd (1926), a London-based company specialising in the development and sale of retail space. The following year, the Cavendish House Co Ltd shares again changed hands passing to JJ Allen Ltd, department store group based in Bournemouth, England. In 1970, J J Allen Ltd was acquired by House of Fraser plc. At some time, Cavendish House had opened a store in Bath, which in 1975 was transferred to another House of Fraser group business Jolly & Son. References Records of Cavendish House Co Ltd, department store, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England and London, England, Archives Hub Moss, Michael and Turton, Alison, A Legend of Retailing. House of Fraser (London, 1989) Buildings and structures in Cheltenham Department stores of the United Kingdom Retail companies of the United Kingdom House of Fraser 1813 establishments in England Retail companies established in 1883 Department store buildings in the United Kingdom