Just to the south-east of Temple Church, it stood on the original burial ground of the Knights Templar. Rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire. Destroyed by enemy action 11th May 1941. The name "Lamb Building" was reused for the rebuilt Elm Court Building.
The picture shows the building before and after receiving the attentions of the enemy. The picture source website traces the history of the lamb of Lamb Building.
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Lamb Building
Lamb Building stood here. Built in 1667, destroyed by enemy action 11th May ...
A Queen Anne mansion. The name probably refers to the whole estate at the time, not just the house. About 1730, when the house was used as a court, a lock-up was built into the garden wall. Gerald ...
This was on the southern most section of Whitecross Street, immediately north of St Giles Cripplegate, considerably further south than the plaque location. Designed by William Montague and built i...
Wrote the forward to the 1942 biography of Octavia Hill by E. Moberly Bell. The Improved Tenements Association was set up in 1900. From The London Journal: "As a concession to the societies, and t...
Edward Arthur Last Smith was born on 22 March 1884 in Torquay, Devon, the second of the five children of Edward Last Smith (1856-1937) and Emily Phyllis Smith née Dixon (1863-1936). His father was ...
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
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