Plaque

Valentine Poole Houses - Southgate

Erection date: 1981

Inscription

23 - 31 The Green, built 1780 by Valentine Poole Trust for the poor of Barnet.  Architect: Michael Searles (1750 - 1813).  Saved from demolition by Southgate Civic Trust.  Reconstructed 1981 by Peake Estates Ltd.

Site: Valentine Poole Houses - Southgate (1 memorial)

N14, The Green, 28

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Valentine Poole Houses - Southgate

Subjects commemorated i

Peake Estates Ltd

Real estate managers. According to the Companies House website this a private...

Read More

Southgate District Civic Trust / Southgate Civic Trust / Southgate Voice

Founded in response to the threat to demolish the Georgian cottages on Southg...

Read More

Valentine Poole Trust

A charity founded when Valentine Poole left various properties he owned to th...

Read More

Michael Searles

Architect. He specialised in large houses particularly in London. His best kn...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Camp Griffiss, Block C, SW corner

Camp Griffiss, Block C, SW corner

TW11, Bushy Park

There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...

3 subjects commemorated
Hammersmith Socialists

Hammersmith Socialists

W6, Upper Mall, 26, Kelmscott House

The inscription is a quote from William Morris's 1890 "News from Nowhere", in which the narrator, William Guest, the previous day having ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Palmette in pavement

Palmette in pavement

WC1, Euston Road, St Pancras New Church

The palmette is a common decorative motif used in Greek, and in this instance Greek revival, architecture. It can also be seen along the ...

Captain Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders

W1, Fitzroy Street, 52

London County Council Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., 1774 - 1814, explorer and navigator, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Free French plaque

Free French plaque

NW1, Dorset Square, 1

Alamy have a photo of the unveiling.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator