In 1848 P&O moved into their new purpose-built offices at no. 122, designed by Beachcroft. In P&O soon bought numbers 123, 124 and 125 Leadenhall Street and expanded their building, also adding a courtyard. The whole was demolished 1964. More information at PANDOSNCO.
Surprisingly difficult to identify the 'Beachcroft' architect. There was a Samuel Beachcroft who enlarged/restored Mortlake church in 1841 but we cannot definitively connect him to the P&O building.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
P&O office 122 Leadenhall Street
Given the dates of the sculptor (b.1883) the figure was clearly not on the 18...
{On a steel plaque near the lamp-post:} These lamp-posts circa 1890 were orig...
Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford. From British History: "... a Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative...
This image shows the row before 1902 when Wood Street was widened and the east-most shop was demolished. The picture source, London's Historic Shops and Markets, writes: "Built in 1687 following th...
Builder. Born in Clerkenwell, the son of a carpenter, Isaac, from Cumberland. His first major development was the streets around Sotheby Road in Highbury and he went on to develop areas of Crouch E...
Bought Friary House and the estate in 1800. This could be John Bacon the Younger but it's a common name so probably not.
Responsible for, among others, the 1927 Garden Estate in Somers Town. A pamphlet, 'Forever Building;A Short History of the St. Pancras Housing Society 1924-1954' was published in 1955.
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