St. Johns Church was built in 1845 in the early English gothic style by John Hargrave Stevens and George Alexander. This site on the summit of Notting Hill had formerly been a view-point for spectators at the centre of the Hippodrome race course.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
W11, Lansdowne Crescent
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill
A Grade II listed building, which forms the centrepiece of the Ladbroke estat...
Architectural sculptor, wood carver, modeller, metalwork designer, medallist....
Architect. Seems to have specialised in churches and often worked in partners...
A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success pa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St John's Church - Notting Hill
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...
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St John's Church - Notting Hill
The Ladbroke Conservation Area Appraisal says: "Outside St John’s church is a...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, below the street lamp.
On the wall behind are two baskets for flowers and some screw holes. And on the wall a little to the left of the photo is another similar...
Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who open...
{Beneath the WRNS badge:} On this site in January 1918 Dame Katharine Furse GBE established the first headquarters of the WRNS. Women's R...
Chairman of the Public Health and Sanitary Committee of Southwark Council in 1936.
Playwright. Born Terence Mervyn Rattigan at 100 Cornwall Gardens, London. He achieved early theatrical success with his comedy 'French Without Tears' in 1936. This was followed by 'The Winslow Boy'...
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