Erection date: 1890
These buildings were erected by John Studds and Son of Barrets Grove Stoke Newington
{below the hive:}
Commenced 1889 Finished 1890
Yes, they've mis-spelt the name of their own road.
N1, Upper Street, 48
Number 49 returns round Berners Street and its decorative pillar tops (can't really call them capitals) each carry a beehive.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Beehive foundation stone - Upper Street
A building firm based in Barretts Grove, Stoke Newington, active in 1891. Slu...
The history of this building, "the former Hotel Cecil" is covered by Victor Keegan.
Greater London Council Katherine Mansfield, 1888 - 1923, writer, and her husband John Middleton Murry, 1889 - 1957, critic, lived here.
Dransfield Owens Design Ltd was founded in 1998 and is still active in 2022. But the website, www.dodsarchitects.com, for the architects ...
Greater London Council Karl Pearson, 1857 - 1936, pioneer statistician, lived here.
Above the entrance to the building (to the left of our picture) in stone: 1573, E.R.".
