Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1880 - 1960, architect, designed this house and lived here 1926 - 1960.
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W2, Clarendon Place, Chester House
Designed for himself by Scott, this neo-Georgian building won the 1928 RIBA architectural medal, displayed at the centre of the first floor facade.
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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2
Architect. Born 26 Church Row, Hampstead. Grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scot...
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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2
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You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890 - 1954, Marion Dorn, 1896 - 1964, designers, lived here in flats 139/141. English Heritage
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 September 1661 which brought about the disinterment of the bo...
Oh, dear, what is happening to the City plaques? This one looks really cheap, and the letter spacing is dreadful: Br A Dbury, Dick Ens, ...
Chairman of Westminster's Housing Committee 1945-9. His entry on the Wiki/Fandom website informs us that he was a company director and local politician who was elected to Westminster City Council a...
Person, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...
The Metropolitan Tabernacle is still there, on Newington Butts at Elephant and Castle. The biblical quote fails to hide the blatant self...
Naval officer. Born Aberdeenshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death. 75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
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