Queensberry House - 1830
Built in 1830 by Sir William Dundas. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the flats there now. This extract comes from an 1893 map. The footprint is slightly different in this 1867 map.
Built in 1830 by Sir William Dundas. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the flats there now. This extract comes from an 1893 map. The footprint is slightly different in this 1867 map.
Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.
Former prison on Forbury Road in Reading. Designed by George Gilbert Scott. Its most famous inmate was Oscar Wilde, who wrote 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' whilst he was here. It housed prisoners of...
As WW2 wore on, there was an increasing need for metal to make bombs, planes and tanks. To this end, the gates and railings around parks and open spaces were reclaimed as part of the war effort. Li...
Spitalfields Life, our picture source, says: "Becoming the Red Lion Tavern after his {Culpeper's} death, the building was demolished in the eighteen-forties as part of road widening when Commercial...
Company Secretary of the Planet Building Society. c.1871 he demolished the old Friary House and built the present house in which he lived until his death. British History Online details some prop...
The manor house of Sheen had stood on the site since at least the early 12th century, and King Henry VII built Richmond Palace there in the late 15th century. It was virtually destroyed by fire at ...