Queensberry House - 1830
Built in 1830 by Sir William Dundas. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the flats there now. This extract comes from an 1893 map. The footprint is slightly different in this 1867 map.
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Queensberry House 1797
Built in the 1740s by the 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley. 1780 it was bought and enlarged by the 4th Duke of Queensberry. Demolished 1830. At source this image is captioned "Print of the Seat of the Duk...
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King William IV Naval Asylum
Also known as the King William IV Cottages. Commissioned by Queen Adelaide widow of King William IV and designed by Philip Hardwick. They provided housing for twenty destitute widows and families o...
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The Rose Theatre - Kingston upon Thames
Its layout is based on the former Rose Theatre in Southwark. The front rows have no seats, but instead of standing space for 'groundlings', patrons bring their own cushions. A plaque at the entranc...
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All Saints church Poplar
The Poplar Vestry acquired a plot of land occupied by a house, garden and field. Here was built a parish church with adjoining graveyard and rectory. The church with the rectory immediately to the ...
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Holborn Union Workhouse School
The school was part of a huge workhouse complex which gave basic education to about 400 children. Pupils were provided with uniforms, and had access to playing fields, a swimming pool and workshops...
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Royal Opera House
Home of the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera. Originally built in 1732 as a playhouse. The current building is the third on the site, following the fires that destroyed the first two.
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St John’s Horselydown church
The church, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James, was built 1727-33 for a new parish, created by splitting the parish of St Olave Tooley Street. Though severely damaged by a bomb on 20 Se...
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Royal Festival Hall
A 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre. The first post-war building to be protected with a Grade 1 Listing, in 1981. The project was led by London County Council's the...
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Brotherhood Church
From Streets with a Story: "The former Brotherhood Church was originally Southgate Road Chapel, De Beauvoir Town (architect: J. Tarring) 1862, which up to 1935 was at the corner of Balmes Road. Thi...
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