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EC4, Addle Hill
The July 2008 Google Street View (the earliest available) shows this whole block boarded to head height and this historic door surround, covered in scaffolding, in the process of being installed - the top pediment is not yet in place. An attempt (failed in our opinion) to make this dull, dull, building interesting.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Faraday Building North - porch
Faraday Building North (FBN) was built in the late 1800s as an extension to w...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Faraday Building North - porch
The size of this "wandering hour" clock, a 2 metre diameter, makes it unique. The arms of the Clockmakers company are at the centre of th...
MacColl's 1993 "Titanic Days" album contains the track "Soho Square", set in the winter. Wikipedia says: "Every year on the Sunday neares...
Our researches have turned up just one clue, which may mean nothing: in John Fletcher's mid 17th century romantic comedy, ‘Women Pleased’...
The two figures on the broken pediment represent lameness and sickness.
September 2013: Our colleague Jamie Davis tells us that the plaque was stolen, presumably for its scrap value.
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