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
London County Council Thomas Wakley, 1795 - 1862, reformer and founder of "The Lancet" lived here.
Above the entrance at the left: "1883". above the two large windows: "Wesleyan Schools". Now, 2021, residential. The plaques, which we h...
From the modern information board: "This garden covers the site of the church of St Olave, destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London....
English Heritage Sir Alexander Korda, film producer, worked here, 1932 - 1936.
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