Plaque: Hobhouse Court - restoration
Inscription
Hobhouse Court. This stone unveiled by Sir Charles Hobhouse Bt., TD, on 23 May 1979 commemorates the completion of the restoration by The Crown Estate Commissioners of Nos. 5 to 14 Suffolk Street and Nos. 5 to 19 Whitcombe Street. It also marks the site of the original entrance, at No.6 ½ Suffolk Street, to the first galleries built for the Society of British Artists.
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Architects: Casson Conder & Partners
Contractors: Ashby & Horner
Surveyors: Cluttons
Site: Hobhouse Court (2 memorials)
SW1, Suffolk Street, 6-8
A network of almost secret passageways and a courtyard link Suffolk Street to Whitcomb Street. The passageway containing the two plaques is reached through the right-hand arch in the photograph of Suffolk Street.
