These two houses were the Portuguese Embassy, 1724 - 1747. The Marquess of Pombal, Portuguese Statesman Ambassador, 1739 - 1744, lived here.
Greater London Council
W1, Golden Square, 23-4
Behind these houses is a church which was first built as a Catholic chapel to serve this Embassy.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oei...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Green...
Greater London Council William Smith, M.P., 1756 - 1835, pioneer of religious liberty, lived here.
The Magic Circle was founded on this site at Pinoli's Restaurant by twenty-three magicians on July 1st 1905. British Plaque Trust
24th September 1917 13 people were killed and 22 injured near this spot on the steps of the old Bedford Hotel by a 112 lb bomb dropped b...
Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, 1948 - 1996. English Heritage
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