A public house "The Plumbers Arms" stood on this site c1808 to 1972.
WC1, Hastings Street
2016: With the exception of this tall tower, this entire block of buildings has been demolished and replaced with a single massive block. Meanwhile this tower was renovated, which resulted in the loss of this plaque.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
The Plumbers Arms
Unrelated fact: In the Avengers Steed's flat was located in the mews behind these houses, Duchess Mews.
We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone. 2021: we retur...
Thurloe lived at No. 24 Old Buildings, near the Gatehouse, during the time of his office,1645-59. The ‘Thurloe State Papers' were disco...
Londonist points out how important correct use of English can be: "This was not the only Strand building to survive the Great Fire... the...
Gordon of Greenwich loved here. ***** English Hedonists Mad in England
