Leased by John Evelyn from Charles II in 1663 and trashed by Peter the Great in 1698. The picture source gives a full history of the house which was badly damaged in WW2 and demolished in 1947. The Greenwich Phantom has a photo of a building which formed part of the house and the Garden History Society has a wooden model of the house and garden.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sayes Court
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Peter the Great statue
Statue unveiled by Prince Michael of Kent, as Patron of the Peter the Great T...
Other Subjects
Lady Dorothy Nevill
Hostess, horticulturist, collector, writer. Born 11 Berkeley Square. Daughter of Horatio Walpole, third earl of Orford, Died at home at 45 Charles Street.
1 memorial
Vita Sackville-West
Writer and gardener. Born Victoria Mary Sackville-West at Knole, near Sevenoaks, Kent, the only child of Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. She started writing at an early age, having many...
1 memorial
London Tree Forum
We cannot find anything about this group. There is a site called the Ancient Tree Forum, but it doesn't refer to this tree. The web address www.forestry.gov.uk on the plaque is that of the Forestry...
2 memorials
Dovehouse Green
Here we summarise the splendid London Gardens Online : Land given by Sir Hans Sloane in 1733 to serve the Chelsea Parish Church of St Luke's and became the King's Road Burial Ground. 1882 a mortu...
2 memorials
Thomas Fairchild
Text transcribed of the information board (which itself credits the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography): Thomas Fairchild was born in May 1667. In 1690 he established himself as a nurseryman ...
1 memorial
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Nell Gwynne
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived at Lauderdale House as the mistress of Charles II, where she dangled her first-born from a window to scare the King int...
4 memorials
Jeannette Elizabeth Crossthwaite
Our colleague Andrew Behan provides the following: Born Addiscombe, Surrey, the daughter of John Thomas and Anne Crossthwaite. Her father was a General Merchant. She was baptised on the 24th Decemb...
1 memorial
City of London School 4 - Newton
EC4, Victoria Embankment, 60
We've listed the statues left to right across the front of the building, with More all on his lonesome on the west (left) facade. The 1...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Wilfred Mangan
Architect. Born Wilfred Clarence Mangan. He worked extensively in the Portsmouth diocese, and was an enthusiast for round-arched, predominantly Byzantine, styles which were highly popular for Roman...
1 memorial
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