Erection date: 11/11/1912
Jahncke Ltd
This stone was laid by P. E. Beachcroft, 11th November 1912. Directors:
P. E. Beachcroft - Chairman
Alfred Burch, Geo. W. Paton, R. J. Sankey
L. Samuel - Managing Director
Holman & Goodrham - Architects
Dove Bros - Builders
N1, Dove Road
From Michael Rank: "Dorset Street was renamed Dove Road (Dove Bros builders named on the plaque) in 1935."
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
From National Archives: "Tin box manufactures of Canonbury Works, Dorset Stre...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Jahncke Ltd
Builders. Founded in Studd Street, Islington by William Spencer Dove (1793-18...
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robe...
We found three English Hedonist plaques in Whitecross Street in early 2013. Please let us know if there are more that we missed.
2019: The FT reported that BT have announced their plan to sell this site. The building only dates from 1984 but BT (GPO) have been on th...
The wall of buses made photographing this building rather difficult.
Our Latin consultant, David Hopkins, provided the translation and adds: "The quote at the top, 'Sapiens qui prospicit', is the school mot...
Greater London Council Sir John Lavery, 1856 - 1941, painter, lived here 1899 - 1940.
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