{The base of the bow window above carries the ornate lettering:}
Bennet Woodcroft
WC2, Southampton Buildings, Old Patent Office
Damaged in WW2 this building was restored in 2007 to the original design for the facade overlooking Staple Inn garden, at least. We know all this because the wonderful Ornamental Passions tells us. The new structure incorporates two little memorials in the form of portrait keystones.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
Inventor, industrial archaeologist, leading figure in patent reform and the f...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
His ringlets are formed by coins. Loose copies of an old penny are placed at the bottom corners: head (a young Victoria) at the left, tai...
In 2020 The Daily Mail was advertising this property for sale: "... originally built in 1909 as family home of paper mill tycoon. Townhou...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
Perhaps the foliage on the plaque is an olive branch.
The Bessemer plaque is on the pillar to the right, the Baxter plaque is on the wall to the left. A plaque was erected on the original ho...
2022: The The Historical Society of Ottawa contacted us with "We recently (re)discovered the plaque to Colonel John By featured on your w...
There is another copy of this plaque on the other side of the bridge.
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