Plaque

Coroner's Court, Westminster - foundation

Erection date: 2/6/1893

Inscription

{On a stone at the lower left of the building:}
This stone was laid June 2nd 1893, by His Grace the Duke of Westminster, KG, who presented the ground upon which this mortuary was erected by the united Vestries of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, Westminster.
T. Horn C.E. - Chairman of the Joint Works and Sanitary Committee
G. R. W. Wheeler AMICE - architect and surveyor
J. E. Smith – Vestry Clerk
N. Lidstone - Builder

Thrust into a corner of the facade and hidden by a bay tree this plaque has taken 3 visits to reveal all its lettering. And it is not a plaque to be proud of: as you can see in our photo (actually a video grab) the centring of the text goes awry, and the last letter of one line had to be carved on the adjacent stone.

Site: Coroner's Court (2 memorials)

SW1, Horseferry Road, 65

The listing entry includes : "... an early example of Arts and Crafts freely-handled neo-Georgian-Jacobean... " which makes it sound like a right mess!

2024: A striking extension has been added to the right of this building.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...

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Thomas Horn

Chairman of the Westminster Joint Works and Sanitary Committee in 1893. He is...

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Nicholas Lidstone

Nicholas Lidstone was born on 2 December 1849 in Dodbrooke, Devon, the third ...

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J. E. Smith

Vestry Clerk in Westminster 1893.

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George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

George Robert Welby Wheeler was born on 20 November 1845 in Bermondsey, Surre...

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Duke of Westminster, 1st, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor

Son of the 2nd Marquess. Created Duke in 1874, mainly it seems for owning lar...

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Coroner's Court, Westminster - keystone

Coroner's Court, Westminster - keystone

This delicate monogram can be decoded to represent: St Margaret and St John, ...

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