Plaque

St Paul's School - High Master's House

Erection date: 2014

Inscription

St. Paul's School
This house with attached lodge was built for the High Master of St Paul's when the school - founded next to St Paul's Cathedral with 153 pupils in 1509 - moved to Hammersmith in 1884. The architect was Alfred Waterhouse. The main school buildings at Hammersmith were demolished after the school moved again - to Barnes - in 1968.
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group - 2014

Site: St Paul's School - High Master's House (1 memorial)

W14, Hammersmith Road, 153, St Paul's Hotel

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St Paul's School

Founded in 1509 by Dean Colet, dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, on the site in wh...

Alfred Waterhouse

Born Aigburth, Liverpool, Lancashire. Died Yattendon Court, Berkshire. Most n...

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Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

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