The Telfer wing, erected 1887. J. T. Pedder Esq. Treasurer
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Pedder
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
John Thomas Pedder was born in 1823 in Romford, Essex, the second of the eigh...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Pedder
The Reverend Nicholas Richards, 1942 - 2006, "Father Nick", rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe 1977 - 2006. London Borough of Southwark - V...
Sir William Rothenstein, 1872 - 1945, painter and writer, lived here 1899 - 1902. English Heritage
Kathleen Ferrier, 1912 - 1953, contralto, lived here. Greater London Council
The plaque does not appear on the latest Google Street View (March 2019) so would have been erected after then.
This building stands on the site of Swan Wharf which in the nineteenth century was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn'. Th...
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