Building    From 28/2/1820  To 6/2/1830

Argyll Rooms Concert Hall

Categories: Music / songs

The 'Argyll Rooms' venue opened in 1806. A new building was designed, as part of the Regent Street redevelopment, by John Nash himself, to provide a concert hall, other public rooms and shop space for the publications of the Royal Harmonic Institution who opened the building with a performance on 28 February 1820. The Institution was not a financial success and, coincidentally we're sure, the building was destroyed by fire in 1830. It was replaced with houses with shops on the ground floor.

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Argyll Rooms Concert Hall

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Beethoven's 9th

The British Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commissioned by the Philh...

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Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

Actor and film and television director. Born at 33 Ardbeg Road, Camberwell, She was the daughter of Stanley Lupino and the niece of Lupino Lane. She made her first film appearance at the age of fou...

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, TV & Radio, USA

1 memorial
Philmore 'Boots' Davidson

Philmore 'Boots' Davidson

Pioneer participant in the Notting Hill Carnival. The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) left Trinidad in July 1951 to take part in the Festival of Britain. Davidson was one of the 11 ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, India

2 memorials
Act of Parliament - 1751-2 - licensing

Act of Parliament - 1751-2 - licensing

"Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament of the Twenty fifth of King George the Second." This is a form of words that we have found at three 19th century places of entertainment, two physically and...

Concept, Food & Drink, Law, Music / songs, Theatre

2 memorials
Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan

Singer and guitarist in his band T.Rex. Born as Mark Feld at Hackney General Hospital on 30th September 1947 and grew up at 25 Stoke Newington Common. As a young teenager worked on the counter at t...

Person, Music / songs

6 memorials

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Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

Wimbledon Village Improvement 1964

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This is Local London news item is useful. The LEB is mentioned on the plaque because at the time they owned the building, the former fire...

6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

Possibly the oldest surviving free thought organisation in the world, and the only remaining Ethical society in the UK. Originated as a religious group, allied to the Baptists. By 1793 they had the...

Group, Community / Clubs, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador

German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 2002 - 2006.

Person, Politics & Administration, Germany

1 memorial
Lord George Hamilton

Lord George Hamilton

Lord George Francis Hamilton was a Conservative politician. First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for India. MP for the Ealing Division of Middlesex Third son of James Hamilton, 1st D...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Arts Council of England / Great Britain

Arts Council of England / Great Britain

1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter.  About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies,...

Group, Art

15 memorials