Building    From 1719  To 1826

Lanesborough House

Categories: Architecture

Built by James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough. Converted into a hospital in 1733. Three-storey, red brick simple design. Wings were later added to the structure by architect Isaac Ware. Demolished so that a bigger hospital could be built.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Lanesborough House

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St George's Hospital - 1

There is no indication as to who erected the plaque, but the fulsome descript...

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St George's Hospital - 2

St George’s Hospital was established on this site in 1733 in a country home b...

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James Robb Scott

James Robb Scott

Architect. Born Glasgow. Also designed Richmond station. In addition to the information contained in his biography on the Scottish Architects website, he was shown in the April 1891 census as a sc...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

2 memorials
John Murray Easton

John Murray Easton

Architect. Born in Edinburgh. Amongst his designs were: Aberconway House, Mayfair (1922), the Royal Horticultural Society's Lawrence Hall (1928); the British Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in Ne...

Person, Architecture, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith

Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith

The origins of the school date back to a nunnery in 1609. In 1869, Cardinal Manning decided to convert it into a seminary, and had John Francis Bentley (the architect of Westminster Cathedral) draw...

Building, Architecture, Education

1 memorial
James Gold

James Gold

Architect active in 1729.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Percy Smart

Percy Smart

Borough Engineer of Southwark Council in 1936.  He designed the Walworth Clinic so we have classified him as an architect, though we can't find any more of his work.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial