Erection date: 1909
Grove Buildings
Erected in 1909 by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea on land presented by Earl Cadogan KG.
Mayor Christopher Head, JP
Chairman of Housing Committee: W. J. Mulvey, FRCVS
Architects: Wills & Anderson
Town Clerk: T. Holland
Medical Officer of Health: L. C. Parkes, MD
Contractors: Gathercole Bros.
SW3, Chelsea Manor Street
Grove Buildings is also known as Grove House.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Grove Buildings
It was amalgamated under the London Government Act of 1963, with the Metropol...
Architectural firm. Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Scottish...
Politician. Born at Durham. Ennobled by the death of his father in 1873. Lor...
Mayor of Chelsea 1909-11. Died in the sinking of the Titanic. Born Stoke New...
The plaque was scheduled for unveiling on 5 May 2020, exactly 100 years since Harris had become a member of ICAEW, but the Covid pandemic...
London SE1 has a magnificent photo of the circus folk that accompanied the unveiling, which took place in the year of the 250th anniversa...
James Hadley Chase, 1906 - 1985, author, was born here with the name René Brabazon Raymond. Ealing Civic Society
London County Council Sir Hans Sloane, 1660 - 1753, physician, benefactor of the British Museum, lived here, 1695 - 1742.
We thank Matt Brown of Londonist for the photo of the plaque, taken in about 2007. Recently both we and Matt have, separately, failed to ...
2023: Susan Van Noorden contacted us, "This plaque was removed during rebuilding of the wall and has not been replaced." The most recent...
We first photographed this memorial some time ago when it was in a very bad condition. It has since been completely renovated, but there ...
Born Hanover, Germany, died Kensington, Palace, London. Reigned: 1727 - 1760. Notable as the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers (in Germany, against the French). Also the king w...
Also known as the BBC or more affectionately, the Beeb. Founded as the British Broadcasting Company on 18 October 1922 to do test radio transmissions from Marconi House in the Strand. On 14 Nove...
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