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...
LCC Leigh Hunt, 1784 - 1859, essayist & poet, lived here.
Site of Grove Road Toll Bar. In use in the 18th and 19th centuries. Bow Heritage Trail
Sir Ambrose Fleming, 1849 - 1945, scientist and electrical engineer, lived here. Greater London Council
On this site lived Sir Herbert Tree, 1852-1917, actor manager.
The Triffids recorded their classic album Born Sandy Devotional on this site in August 1985. "It's a Wide Open Road" thetriffids.com
