Plaque

Essex Hall

Erection date: 1958

Inscription

{Plaque above seated men in picture:}
Essex Hall
Headquarters of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. Destroyed 1944 - rebuilt 1958.
Architect - Kenneth S. Tayler, ARIBA
Builders Foster and Dicksee Ltd

Site: Essex Street & Essex Hall (3 memorials)

WC2, Essex Street, Essex Hall

More information about the creation of the building at The Story of Essex Hall.

The foundation stone is below the Essex Street & Essex Hall plaque, at the northern end of the building.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Essex Hall

Subjects commemorated i

Essex Street Chapel and Essex Hall

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World War 2

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General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. Headquarters in Es...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Essex Hall

Also at this site i

Essex Hall foundation stone

Essex Hall foundation stone

Essex Hall This stone was laid by Mrs Sydney Martineau, the eighth day of Jun...

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Essex Street & Essex Hall

Essex Street & Essex Hall

This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...

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