Plaque

Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - reopened

Erection date: 19/6/1996

Inscription

The Royal Arsenal Gatehouse was officially reopened on 19th June 1996 by Sir Jocelyn Stevens CVO (Chairman of English Heritage), with Councillor Janet Gillman (Mayor of the London Borough of Greenwich) and Victor Fairlie (Chairman of the Greenwich Enterprise Board, who refurbished the building).

The plaque is inside the central arch.

Site: Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (2 memorials)

SE18, Beresford Square

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Royal Arsenal Gatehouse

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...

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Greenwich Enterprise Board

Property developers who help to establish businesses in Greenwich.

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Victor Fairlie

Former chairman of the Greenwich Enterprise Board.

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Janet Gillman

Former councillor and mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Sir Jocelyn Stevens

Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Ma...

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