Erection date: 1930
The site of Garraways Coffee House. Rebuilt 1874. Set here 1930.
The grasshopper was Thomas Gresham's family symbol and appears on a number of buildings in this area, in particular the Royal Exchange. Presumably it indicates that this lovely and very popular plaque was erected by the Gresham family or their business interests.
EC3, Change Alley
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
Richard 'Beau' Nash, 1674 - 1762, dandy and leader of fashion, Master of the Ceremonies at the Wells, 1735 -1762. Royal Tunbridge Wells F...
2017: The plaque is no longer here (our photograph of it was taken some years ago), We have contacted Stephens House, who tell us that it...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
Samuel Palmer, 1805 - 1881, artist, lived here, 1851 - 1861. Greater London Council
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
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