Erection date: 1904
{Beneath the portrait:}
Phineas Pett
{Above the portrait:}
1570 1647
{On the stained-glass plaque:}
Phineas Pett, the first Master of the Ship Wrights' Company, designed and built many great ships for the king's navy. Being maliciously accused of incompetency in building the "Prince Royal", he was tried by his royal master, King James himself, who graciously acquitted him.
Site: Woolwich Town Hall (6 memorials)
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
In 1906 this building replaced the previous, also purpose-built, 1842 Woolwich town hall which still survives, nearby, on the corner of Calderwood Street and Polytechnic Street.
Designed by Alfred Brumwell Thomas, this building was built as Woolwich Town Hall which it was until 1965 when, following a shake-up of local councils, it became Greenwich Town Hall.
There are several more memorial windows to which we haven't yet had access. From Wikipedia: "Stained-glass windows throughout the building depict historic events in the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham .... The windows date from 1904 and are the work of Geoffrey Webb."
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
