Erection date: 1969
Red House, built in 1859 - 60 by Philip Webb, architect, for William Morris, poet and artist, who lived here 1860 - 1865.
Greater London Council
DA6, Red House Lane, Red House
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
The Red House
Designer, author and visionary socialist. Born Elm House, Walthamstow, Essex...
Architect. Born Oxford. 1856 moved to London and joined the circles around ...
Located in Bexleyheath, it was co-designed by Philip Webb and William Morris,...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
The Red House
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
This 1897 OS map shows that Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum occupied the land between this alley and Bethnal Green Gardens. The Warburton fa...
Having been walked on for many decades the plaque is very worn but with David Hopkins' help we believe we now have it transcribed correct...
Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Sidney Street Siege but it is so closely connected we've added...
Andrew Behan informed us that the plaque was originally laid into the ground just outside the entrance but it was being worn by the heavy...
Regent's Park Lit details how Bowen set scenes in her novels in Regent's Park, which she could see out the window as she wrote.
Born Bermondsey as John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. Mayor of Bermondsey in 1907. A Conservative, he briefly replaced Dr Cooper as MP f...
The Elephant and Castle pub was at the corner of Wick Road and Victoria Park Road.
The plaque is to the left of the black metal gate. An incident in the book happens at a location which has been identified as this alley....
Worked as a decorator with William De Morgan. During 1898-1907 was a partner with De Morgan, Frank Iles and Charles Passenger at Sands End, Fulham. De Morgan retired from potting in 1905 and the Fu...
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