Erected for 400 children. James Telfer Esq. Treasurer
EC1, Old Street
The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from left to right: 1887, 1698, 1972, 1870. Lower down are two, more decorative plaques, commemorating two treasurers, left to right: Pedder and Telfer.
The school is now in premises in nearby Radnor Street.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke'...
Treasurer of St Luke's School in 1870 and had a new wing named after him in ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Luke's - Telfer
There are identical plaques at each end of the section of the tunnel that was damaged. As far as we know, these are the only memorials un...
We have visited the address twice, but can see no sign of the plaque. So we have taken our image of the plaque from the Music Hall Guild ...
Greater London Council Robert Baden-Powell, 1857-1941, chief scout of the world lived here.
This building now occupies the site of Lewis's wartime family home.
Greater London Council Prince Metternich, 1773 - 1859, Austrian statesman, lived here in 1848.
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