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Argyll House in 1854. Argyll House was a historic residence in London just south of Oxford Street on the present-day Argyll Street.It was originally the London townhouse of the Dukes of Argyll, a prominent Scottish family, before later passing into the hands of the nineteenth century politician Lord Aberdeen after considerable redevelopment.
The Ranger's House, Greenwich by George Robertson, 1791. Built about 1722–23 for Captain Francis Hosier. National Maritime Museum, London. (PT2659) The house, probably dating from 1722 to 1723, [2] was originally built for Capt., later Vice-Admiral, Francis Hosier (1673–1727) on wasteland adjacent to Greenwich Park, probably with John James as architect. [2]
The Mappin & Webb building by John Belcher in the centre of a picture taken c. 1902 The Mappin & Webb building in 1993, which was demolished to make way for No 1 Poultry. As to the apex facing Mansion House, a Conservation Area, to rebuild drew much opposition particularly as standing there, in repairable condition, was a 19th-century neo-Gothic listed building occupied by crown jewellers ...
London Street and New London Street – named after local 18th-century property owner John London, and possibly the city itself; the 'New' section was a later extension [329] [345] London Wall – after the city wall which formerly ran along this route (though there are still some ruins visible) [346] [347] [345] Long Lane – a descriptive ...
Claridge's was founded in 1812 as Mivart's Hotel, in a conventional London terraced house, and it grew by expanding into neighbouring houses. In 1854, the founder (the father of biologist St. George Jackson Mivart) sold the hotel to a Mr and Mrs Claridge, who owned a smaller hotel next door. They combined the two operations, and after trading ...
Nathaniel Bentley (c. 1735 –1809), commonly known as Dirty Dick, was an 18th and 19th-century merchant of Jewish descent who owned a hardware shop and warehouse in London. He was possibly an inspiration for Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, after he refused to wash following the death of his fiancée on their wedding day.
Queen's Park is an area and partial civil parish [b] in North West and West London, located mostly in the London Borough of Brent, and partially in the London Borough of the City of Westminster. Some of the area within Westminster forms a civil parish , the first to be created in London since the right of communities to establish civil parishes ...
Long Acre pictured in 1991. Long Acre is a street in the City of Westminster in central London.It runs from St Martin's Lane, at its western end, to Drury Lane in the east. The street was completed in the early 17th century and was once known for its coach-makers, and later for its car dealers.
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