This building stands on the site of Swan Wharf which in the nineteenth century was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn'. The inn was destroyed by fire in 1871.
SW6, Willowbank, Swanbank Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Swan Wharf
In the 19th century Swan Wharf was the site of a brewery and public house 'Sw...
Henry Cotton, 1907 - 1987, champion golfer, lived here. English Heritage
After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairmont, Mary's step-sister. Their son was born, presumably here...
Lionel Tertis, 1876 - 1975, viola soloist, lived in a flat here 1961 - 1975. English Heritage
The two plaques closest to the camera both read "39, The Union Discount Company of London plc". Grey's plaque is at the same level, furt...
Brunel's engine house The tunnel shaft and pumping house for Marc Brunel's tunnel was constructed between 1825 and 1843. This was the fir...
The poetry on the base of the statue is from Donne’s 1613 poem ‘Good Friday—Riding Westward’. That on the shoulder is from 'A Letter to ...
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1938. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Writer. Born in Erith, Kent. During WW2 he served in Burma where he spent eighteen hours adrift in the Indian Ocean after his ship was torpedoed. After the war he joined the Daily Express and becam...
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