Building    From 1735 

The Elms

Categories: Property

The oldest building in Acton. Built as a baroque country villa by Charles Morren for Sir Joseph Ayloffe. It remained a private house until 1964. In 1981, the Twyford Church of England High School was formed and the building is now used as the administrative centre.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Elms

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Winnie the Pooh

See J. K. Farnell for the story. Also the Telegraph article.

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Columbia Market

Columbia Market

In 1852, the area Novia Scotia Gardens being a notorious slum, Angela Burdett-Coutts bought it with the intention of developing healthy accommodation for the poor and a market for their use. Howeve...

Event, Food & Drink, Property, Social Welfare

2 memorials
S. R. Lamble

S. R. Lamble

Builder, active in 1891.

Person, Property

2 memorials
Essex House - E3

Essex House - E3

In 1891 C. R. Ashbee moved the workshops of the Guild of Handicraft from 34 Commercial Street to Essex House, at 401 Mile End Road, an early eighteenth-century mansion. The guild prospered at Essex...

Building, Craft / Design, Property

1 memorial
Manor House, Mare Street

Manor House, Mare Street

Built on the site of the New Mermaid Tavern for John Robert Daniel-Tyssen .  By the 1890s the house had been divided into shops and by 1877 Brett Road had encroached into its gardens.

Building, Property

1 memorial
Thomas Osborn and Sons

Thomas Osborn and Sons

Builders active in 1902.

Group, Property

1 memorial