Building    To 1947

Sayes Court

Leased by John Evelyn from Charles II in 1663 and trashed by Peter the Great in 1698.  The picture source gives a full history of the house which was badly damaged in WW2 and demolished in 1947.  The Greenwich Phantom has a photo of a building which formed part of the house and the Garden History Society has a wooden model of the house and garden.

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Peter the Great statue

Statue unveiled by Prince Michael of Kent, as Patron of the Peter the Great T...

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Lauderdale House

Lauderdale House

Originally built for Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London) in 1582 with a timber frame. In the early 17th Century it was occupied by Sir Henry Hobart.  Later Mary, Countess of Home extended the hou...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture, Property

1 memorial
Octavia Hill

Octavia Hill

Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust.  Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really).  She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare

9 memorials
Robert Weir Schultz

Robert Weir Schultz

Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute. Almost all of his buildings are now category A listed buildings, reflect...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture, Scotland

1 memorial
Philip Pusey

Philip Pusey

One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.Agriculturist. Born Pusey, Berkshire. Died Christ Church, Oxford.

Person, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Art in the Park

Art in the Park

Art in the Park is a charity devoted to enriching Londoners' lives and environment through visual arts. They run art and performance based education and training workshops, and are involved in comm...

Group, Art, Gardens / Agriculture, Philanthropy

1 memorial

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Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis

Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis

Politician, socialist-anarchist. Born Amsterdam. Began as a Lutheran preacher, lost his faith and then seems to have continued moving left-wards all his life. Born and died in the Netherlands.

Person, Politics & Administration, Netherlands

1 memorial
City of London Coal Exchange

City of London Coal Exchange

Designed by J. B. Bunning and opened in 1849 in Lower Thames Street, demolished in 1963. Our Picture source examines all the interesting buildings on this section of Lower Thames Street.

Building, Commerce

1 memorial
Wendy Taylor

Wendy Taylor

Sculptor resident in Bow. Studied at St. Martin's School of Art. Her philosophy is to 'take art out of the galleries and out onto the streets', and has probably more original permanent sculptures o...

Person, Sculpture

5 memorials