Erection date: 6/6/2018
James Burton, 1761 - 1837, builder and developer, lived here, 1794 - 1796.
Marchmont Association
University of London
WC1, Guilford Street, 92
This was Burton's home, where he lived whilst building Guilford Street and the south side of Brunswick Square. It now belongs to the University of London.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
James Burton
Architect and property developer. The most successful property developer of R...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
James Burton
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
This complex of buildings was created to house the Guildhall School of Music, who had outgrown their premises at Aldermanbury. Designed b...
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the fir...
Deptford Creek This is the mouth of the River Ravensbourne, first bridged in 1804. the Domesday Book of 1086 noted many watermills nearb...
The first quotation is adapted from 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon The second quotation is adapted from Wilfred Owen's 'Spring Offen...
This plaque has a shortened version of the text on the old white plaque.
