{The base of the bow window above carries the ornate lettering:}
Bennet Woodcroft
WC2, Southampton Buildings, Old Patent Office
Damaged in WW2 this building was restored in 2007 to the original design for the facade overlooking Staple Inn garden, at least. We know all this because the wonderful Ornamental Passions tells us. The new structure incorporates two little memorials in the form of portrait keystones.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
Inventor, industrial archaeologist, leading figure in patent reform and the f...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
Nobel House is in the south-east of this square, mainly facing north but with a short west-facing facade. The portrait keystones are both...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
Nobel House is in the south-east of this square, mainly facing north but with a short west-facing facade. The portrait keystones are both...
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
The surrender of Japan was announced in Japan (USA, Europe, etc.) on 14 (15) August 1945 and effectively ended WW2. The paperwork was done two weeks later on 2 September. All three dates are someti...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
In a Westminster audit of 2003 the Baker fountain was described as being "inside the churchyard in the south west corner ...c.1886 featur...
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