The site now covered by Essex Street and Devereux Court was once Essex House and grounds, named after Robert, Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth's favourite, who also led a rebellion against her which ended with him besieged in this house. In 1675 Nicholas Barbon laid out Essex Street.
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Essex Street, House & grounds
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
Hospital for women and children. Founded by surgeons Eleanor Davies-Colley an...
Architect. Born Clapham Common and brought up in Grayshott, a village in Ham...
The upper storey of the west tower was added in 1841 to enable a peal of ei...
A firm of chartered architects, historic building and planning consultants. D...
