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 building to the east, Marconi House, has close connections to this site and we have recorded some of their joint history there.
These almshouses were built c.1847 and badly damaged in WW2 which is when the Society vacated them. They are labelled on the map at Marke...
2015: Via Facebook Deborah Houlding, who has an interest in astrology, told us that this plaque is not really in the right place - it nee...
The entrance to the Field is an important part of the memorial aspects of each site. For instance: the two heraldic panels are supposed t...
Harry Beck, designer of the 1933 London Underground map, lived here, 1936 - 1960. The Finchley Society 2003
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
A Queen Anne mansion. The name probably refers to the whole estate at the time, not just the house. About 1730, when the house was used as a court, a lock-up was built into the garden wall. Gerald ...
A youth work pioneer who produced an early comprehensive youth work text - and helped to found the London Union of Girls Clubs. Daughter of Lady Stanley. Founded the Soho Club and Home for Working ...
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