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King Lud - roof top

Site: Janina Gehlau, Daily Courant, King Lud (4 memorials)

EC4, Ludgate Hill

Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Built in 1870, architect Lewis H. Isaacs, the Lost Pubs Project has a picture of it in 1969. These 3 images of King Lud seem to be original to the building so we imagine it was built and opened as a pub with that name, prompted by the proximity of the supposed site of the old Lud Gate. The western half of this building (Santander) was built in 1872.

The Daily Courant plaque is to the lower right of the photograph.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
King Lud - roof top

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King Cadwaladr

King of the Britons. Born Wales, father of Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (king of Gw...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
King Lud - roof top

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Daily Courant

Daily Courant

The Corporation of the City of London In a house near this site was publishe...

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Janina Gehlau

Janina Gehlau

Janina was brought down by a left-turning lorry at about 11.30am on Friday 17...

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King Lud - 2 entrances

King Lud - 2 entrances

The two Leon doorways are each topped with this bust.

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