New wing added 1887, J. T. Pedder Esq. Chairman
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1887
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
John Thomas Pedder was born in 1823 in Romford, Essex, the second of the eigh...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - 1887
English Heritage Charles Rolls, 1877 - 1910, pioneer of motoring and aviation, worked here, 1905 - 1910.
This building is often said to be Dickens' only surviving London home. There is at least one other: 10 Norfolk Street, now 22 Cleveland ...
Rose bushes are planted in garden area behind this plaque.
London University pulled down the Trollopes' house in the 1930s and replaced it with this car park.
John, sculptor, lived and died here, B. 1755, D. 1826, Flaxman. {In the border, interleaved with the links of a chain, are the letters of...
