Plaque

Newquay House - left

Erection date: 11/7/1933

Inscription

These flats on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate were opened by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cornwall, KG, on the eleventh day of July 1933.
Architect: Louis de Soissons, FRIBA, SADG
Builders: R. J. Rowley Limted, London

In 1933 the Duke of Cornwall was Prince Edward, who would later briefly become King Edward VIII.

Site: Newquay House (2 memorials)

SE11, Newburn Street, Newquay House

You can see the plaques on either side of the arched entrance to the central courtyard, at the centre of which there is what looks like the basin for a fountain.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Newquay House - left

Subjects commemorated i

Duchy of Cornwall

Something like a company, which invests mainly in land (mostly in the south-w...

Read More

R. J. Rowley Ltd

Building firm active in 1933.

Read More

Louis de Soissons

Louis de Soissons.

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Newquay House - left

Created by i

King Edward VIII

Born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, at White Lodge i...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Newquay House - left

Also at this site i

Newquay House - right

Newquay House - right

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, dedicated the foun...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift

TW11, Bushy Park

Referring to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park, this very useful document says "After the war the buildings in the North East corner continued ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Thomas de Quincey

Thomas de Quincey

WC2, Tavistock Street, 36

Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" on the plaque.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Spiritualist Temple - Beard

Spiritualist Temple - Beard

NW1, Rochester Square, Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple

The wooden cross atop the building supports a neon cross, wired to an electrical box so rusty that we doubt it still lights the way for N...

4 subjects commemorated
Rowland Bourke VC

Rowland Bourke VC

SW1, Sloane Square

Believed to be the first war memorial erected on a public highway. At first sight just a simple stone cross on a plinth, but the whole ba...

War served | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Nelson - New Bond Street 147

Nelson - New Bond Street 147

W1, New Bond Street, 147

In the picture you can see the plaque: between the two green flags, level with their lower edges.

1 subject commemorated

Previously viewed

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867.  London...

Group, Benefactor, Animals, Food & Drink

38 memorials
Stephen Borough

Stephen Borough

Explorer and naval administrator.  Born Devon.  Elder brother to William.  Sailed in the same North-East Passage expedition as Willoughby, as captain of the 'Edward Bonaventure', the ship that had ...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial
Henry Pelham

Henry Pelham

W1, Green Park, Queen's Walk

English Heritage Henry Pelham, c 1695 - 1754, Prime Minister, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Samuel Jones and Company

Samuel Jones and Company

SE5, Wells Way

This magnificent tiled butterfly is indeed a Camberwell Beauty. Moved here after 1982 from a nearby Peckham factory for Samuel Jones and ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir George Shearing

Sir George Shearing

Pianist and composer. Born at 67 Arthur Street, Battersea, Blind from birth, he attended Linden Lodge School, where he received training in classical piano, and learned to read music by Braille. In...

Person, Music / songs, USA

1 memorial