Here stood the palace of Bridewell built by Henry VIII in 1523 and granted by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to house Bridewell Royal Hospital founded by royal charter in the same year. The present building was erected in 1802 and in 1862 the court room of Bridewell Royal Hospital was incorporated therein.
EC4, New Bridge Street, 14
The original gatehouse together with the keystone form the entrance to the current building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Brides Place
Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward ...
Bridewell Palace was given by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to hous...
Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), ...
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Brides Place
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
Lenin stayed at this address (formerly numbered 21) in 1908 whilst reading at the British Museum and writing 'Materialism and Empirio-cri...
On our visit the sun was so strong and at such an angle that it rendered the plaque illegible if photographed square on.
Greater London Council William Somerset Maugham, 1874 - 1965, novelist and playwright, lived here, 1911 - 1919.
Urban75 has photos of the 2011 unveiling of this plaque and the subsequent party.
