Verbruggen's House, 1773, built for Jan & Pieter Vanbruggen, joint master founders at the Royal Brass Foundry. Subsequently used by the Ordnance Board under various titles until 1939.
SE18, Plumstead Road
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Verbruggen's House - 1
The Woolwich riverfront had been used as a dockyard and arms store for decade...
Responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the army and the nav...
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an...
Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine buil...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Verbruggen's House - 1
The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were fath...
Douglas Macmillan, 1884 - 1969, founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief, lived here. English Heritage
In our photo the plaque can be seen, below the second 'n' of Duncan. Inside there is a memorial chandelier.
Charles Laughton, 1899 - 1962, actor, lived here, 1928 - 1931. English Heritage
Mr. Fegan's Homes (incorporated) To the glory of God, and for the welfare of orphan needy and erring boys, here and hereafter, the founda...
Regent's Park Lit details how Bowen set scenes in her novels in Regent's Park, which she could see out the window as she wrote.
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