Originally an extension of Butterwick House. This 1866 map shows Butterwick House (opposite St Pauls Church) with Bradmore House as an extension on the north.
British History Online has some evidence that the c.1700 Bradmore extension was originally created by Henry Ferne, owner of Butterwick House, for the actress Mrs Oldfield with whom he was "connected" at the time.
Butterwick House was demolished in 1836.
In 1913 the London General Omnibus Company bought the site for redevelopment as a bus garage. Bradmore House was demolished but what had been the east elevation facing the garden was rescued and reused as the Queen Caroline Street facade for their offices, built on the same site. This drawing is dated 1915.
From British History Online (1915): "The fine decorative woodwork of the principal room has been refixed in the billiard-room, which was specially built to receive it. This woodwork is the property of the London County Council, and, in accordance with an agreement between the Council and the company, arrangements have been made for the public to have free access to the room on the first Monday of every month between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon. The brick niche has been carefully removed by the Council, and re-erected in Geffrye's Garden, Kingsland Road, and the panelling of the second room has been refixed in its entirety in the Geffrye Museum."
What was known as Butterwick Bus Station closed in 1983 and was demolished in late 1992 to make way for the new Hammersmith Bus Station. 1994 Bradmore House was rebuilt, incorporating the restored façade and, according to London Picture Archive, the panelled room. The building now houses shops and a restaurant.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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