Surrey County Cinema
Originally called the Surrey County Theatre, it was renamed as a cinema in 1929, and in 1947, it became the 'Gaumont'. The auditorium has since been demolished, but the entrance and foyer were reta...
Originally called the Surrey County Theatre, it was renamed as a cinema in 1929, and in 1947, it became the 'Gaumont'. The auditorium has since been demolished, but the entrance and foyer were reta...
In 1917 The Church Missionary Society sold its college in Upper Street and the building was replaced with Sutton's model dwellings.
In 1476 the Tallow Chandlers bought what was probably a merchant’s house on Dowgate Hill and used that as their Hall. The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt 1671-3. Damaged ...
Built 1796 by property developer James Burton, who probably lived here while developing the surrounding area. The 1834 Davies & Bartlett map (bottom right corner) shows the house surrounded by ...
Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected V...
House-building company, formerly known as Taylor Woodrow PLC. It was created from the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey.
4th and last baronet. In 1798 he built a country villa in Highgate which later was known as "The Holly Lodge" on Highgate West Hill, and became the property of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
Nos. 35-38 Aldersgate Street, built by Inigo Jones. From British History Online: “formerly the London residence of the Tuftons, Earls of Thanet. From them it passed into the family of that clever a...
Former house owned by Lord Castleton. The home of Mary Fletcher from 1763 - 1768.
George Baxter's wife was living here in 1865 when he joined her and stayed until his death here in 1867. By 1894 it had been renamed Leahurst.