Erection date: 1960
London County Council
Aubrey House stands on the site of Kensington Wells an early 18th century spa. Former residents include, Sir Edward Lloyd Richard 1st Earl Grosvenor, Lady Mary Coke, diarist, Peter and Clementia Taylor, philanthropists, William Cleverly Alexander, art lover.
W8, Aubrey Road and Aubrey Walk
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Aubrey House
Built in 1698 by a group of doctors and apothecaries as a spa. It was origina...
A wealthy banker and art collector, who bought Aubrey House in 1873 for about...
Letter writer and noblewoman. Born Lady Mary Campbell at either Sudbrook, Sur...
It is difficult to determine who this person is. According to the Oxford Dict...
Women's activist. Born Clementia Doughty at Brockdish, Norfolk. She married P...
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Aubrey House
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
2017: The building is behind scaffolding and the, very 60s, front is being reclad. Let's hope the plaque survives. 2024: Richard Tinckne...
This is a gated mews and the plaque is out of sight from the street. We were lucky that the gate was open on the day we visited. Only a...
Photographed and numbered from north to south. A nearby information board: On your right is the old Roman road to the south coast (now t...
We came across a reference to this HQ in the memoir “My Candle at Both Ends” by John Carveth Wells (1911 – 1946). Aged 12 his mother too...
Note: the typeface used on this plaque is not "English Heritage’s own unique font" to quote EH, but London Underground’s own typeface, Ne...
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