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Harwich House

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The picture shows Harwich House about to be demolished in 1987. Comparing it with this Google Streetview we think Harwich House was on the site now occupied by the rather nasty glass arcade.  Photo of another facade of the building. The name refers to the port that is served by trains from Liverpool Street Station.

The long stone insert above the war memorial, reading "Great Eastern Railway", was salvaged from the Bishopsgate facade of Harwich House. You can see the three words in the photo here, between the second and third floors.  This frieze confirms that Harwich House was built as part of the station complex.  RMWeb is a forum with some people discussing the work that went on in Harwich House in the early 60s.

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Harwich House

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Harry Mallaby-Deeley

Harry Mallaby-Deeley

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Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
Rothschild Buildings

Rothschild Buildings

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Building, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Merton Place

Merton Place

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Building, Property

2 memorials
Thomas Cubitt

Thomas Cubitt

Builder. Born at Buxton, near Norwich. He travelled to India as a ship's carpenter, from which he was able to raise sufficient funds to start his own building firm in 1810.  His two brothers: Willi...

Person, Property, India

5 memorials
Devonshire House

Devonshire House

Built for the third Duke of Devonshire in about 1740 and used as the London residence for his family until its demolition in 1924.  The garden to the north stretched as far as Lansdowne House.  The...

Building, Property

1 memorial

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Penfold pillar box - NW3

Penfold pillar box - NW3

NW3, Hampstead High Street, 23

About this pillar box Victorian web informs: "On 9 January 1914 it was sabotaged by the militant branch of the suffragettes belonging to ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
L. Wood

L. Wood

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. Rose

H. Rose

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
R. Welder

R. Welder

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial