Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments was responsible for a number of high-profile developments in the City, such as Broadgate. The Independent's 1992 report on the failure of the Rosehaugh company describes: ".. a company with more subsidiaries than employees. Rosehaugh's downfall lay in this labyrinthine construction, a spaghetti bowl of mostly poor investments."
We would have liked to find more information about the self-build housing initiative for the unemployed but we can't find anything.
In 1754 the Fruiterers had warehouses at the “Three Cranes”, situated in a lane called Fruiterers’ Alley, running off Thames Street. The Company’s meeting place or hall at that time was the Fruiter...
This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.
Architect Owen Campbell-Jones. Built in 1958. RIBA hasa good picture of the Hutton panels in situ and provides: "At 15 storeys, Bucklersbury House was the first tall slab to be built following the ...
Andrew Young was born on 28 June 1848, a son of James Young (1808-1887) and Isabel Young née Ford (1813-1883). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1848 in the Westminster registration di...
2015, we were contacted by one of his friends who confirmed that he was a property developer who died shortly after completing the Clink project. 2020: We wondered whether Martin Gary King, a comp...
From English Heritage: "Pearson invited the first two officers to attend St Dunstan’s to live with him in his home in Devonshire Street ...
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George V, he was born a second son and rather unexpectedly ascended to the throne. Like his grandfather, Edward VII, he was bor...
Smaller than your average plaque, this is probably the bluest one in London.
Our thanks once again to David Hopkins for his generosity with his Latin knowledge.
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