Building    To 1994

Mappin and Webb, Poultry

Categories: Architecture, Commerce

12 - 13 Poultry. Built in 1870, designed by J. &  J. Belcher. Was demolished after a long campaign in 1994 to make way for the delights of Number 1, Poultry. The man responsible, Lord Palumbo, preserved a little bit of it, the "witch's hat", which he now has on display in Pennsylvania. the clock is now in the atrium of the replacement building.

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Mappin and Webb, Poultry

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1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock

This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we ...

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Mappin and Webb building at Kentuck Knob

Palumbo owned the Farnsworth House, near Chicago, 1972 - 2003. It was presuma...

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1 memorial
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Major Byron F. Caws

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1 memorial
Alistair David Berkley

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1 memorial
William Walford

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1 memorial