Site: Thomas Telford - Abingdon Street - lost (1 memorial)
SW1, Abingdon Street, Abingdon Street Gardens
Telford lived at number 24 Abingdon Street. London Picture Archive has this 1933 photo: "Oblique view of 18-29 Abingdon Street, Westminster, looking south". Zoom in and, pleasingly, you can just see the plaque. The numbers run right to left: 18, 19, etc. with number 23 having the distinctive white roof-top pediment. Zoom in and you can see that the next house, 24, has a round something between the two ground floor windows - Telford's plaque.
This c.1893 map shows the houses in Abingdon Street at that time.
The house was later used as the office of the National Association of Local Government Officers. Abingdon Street was damaged in WW2. Post-war all the houses were demolished and the current gardens were created 1963-5, over a two-storey underground car park. The gardens are known as College Green and are a favourite site for political interviews.
