The House of Royal Soc. for Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce.
Foundation laid 28 March 1772, completed 24 April 1774.
Robert & James Adam architects.
WC2, Adam Street, 8
Full title of organisation now is "The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce" (as announced on pillar).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
House of Royal Soc. for Encouragement of Arts etc
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. Died 13 Albemarle Street and is buri...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
House of Royal Soc. for Encouragement of Arts etc
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
English Heritage Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1884-1969, novelist, lived here, 1934-1969.
Somewhere we read about this house where the "surname is recorded in a rebus in the tiling of the front step". On our first visit, 2008, ...
Being interior shots our photos are lower quality than usual but we think this just adds atmosphere to the murder scene. The plaque is o...
Gosh, there was a time when this area suffered from a 'shortage of funds'!
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
