"Giro", Ein treuer begleiter! London im februar 1934, Hoesch
{a true companion!}
SW1, Carlton House Terrace, 9
This space, including the stylish garage ramp, was once the garden to number 9. The building's current occupants, The Royal Society, provide interesting details of its history.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Giro & von Hoesch
German ambassador from 1932 to 1936. Well-liked by British politicians but hi...
Carved at the top of the gravestone is a portrait of Anrep himself. The image below, on the left shows a few mosaic tesserae and the spec...
This memorial is stencilled onto the pavement at the south east corner of the junction with Upper Thames Street.
The two farm workers in this image are taken from George Stubbs' Haymakers of 1785 at Tate Britain.
The high plaque on the building behind reads: "AD 1847, Sunday and Infant School". History in Pictures has a photo of this corner c.1900....
On a nearby information board: Slade Fountain – This drinking fountain was installed in 1861 at the request – and expense – of local resi...
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