These two houses were the Portuguese Embassy, 1724 - 1747. The Marquess of Pombal, Portuguese Statesman Ambassador, 1739 - 1744, lived here.
Greater London Council
W1, Golden Square, 23-4
Behind these houses is a church which was first built as a Catholic chapel to serve this Embassy.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oei...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
The pair of them drank individually at several pubs in the area. Whether they quaffed here together at the same time is not known for sur...
Attlee's house on this site was number 18.
The full name of this space is: Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground.
The close up photo was taken some months (and some graffiti) after the other photo.
