Erection date: 1930
The site of Garraways Coffee House. Rebuilt 1874. Set here 1930.
The grasshopper was Thomas Gresham's family symbol and appears on a number of buildings in this area, in particular the Royal Exchange. Presumably it indicates that this lovely and very popular plaque was erected by the Gresham family or their business interests.
EC3, Change Alley
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
The Listing entry gives: "Artists' studios, now flats. 1885-6 with 1891 Annexe. John C P Higgs and Frank Rudkin, architects. Red Brick wi...
We visited 5 weeks after the unveiling and the velcro that held the curtain was still in place. Wonder how long it remained...
A London Inheritance has a good post on this house and its history.
Tassaduq Ahmed MBE (1923 - 2001) Bengali community pioneer and educational and social campaigner, lived here, c1991 - c1998. Tower Hamle...
Borough Tube Station This was a station of the City and South London Railway that opened in 1890. The line was the world's first undergro...
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