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It has been suggested that his membership of the Belles Lettres Literary Society inspired the naming of Bella Street, a small street off Upper Buckingham Street. From the 1790s, the street was developed by speculators. [2] Following the economic and social effects of the Act of Union in 1801, property prices declined steeply between 1790 and ...
The core of the historic district consists of two city blocks, bounded on the east by Main Street, the north by Capitol Avenue, the west by Hudson Street, and the south by Buckingham Street. It extends from this core to include buildings between Capitol Avenue and Linden Place, and a portion of the south side of Buckingham between John and ...
Wikidata has entry 19, Buckingham Street Wc2 (Q17550747) with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number . ... 4,608 × 3,456 (4.23 MB)
An Act for raising and establishing a Fund, for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the Ministers of the Church of Scotland, and of the Heads, Principals, and Masters, of the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. (Repealed by Ministers' Widows Fund (Scotland) Act 1779 (19 Geo. 3. c. 20))
That building replaced two earlier Georgian buildings, 15 & 16, Buckingham Street. No. 15 was home to William Burges, 1856-1875, Charles Dickens, circa 1834, and William Smith (geologist), 1804-1819. It has also, erroneously been described as home to Peter the Great during the London stage of his Grand Embassy in 1698.
The 103-room mansion has 58 acres (23 ha) of landscaped gardens and private woodland. [1] It was, in 2005, the most expensive private home on the market anywhere in the world, having been listed for sale with estate agencies Savills and Hamptons International for in excess of £70 million (US$138 million).
After discussing a sale to Hochtief and selling via a stock exchange listing, [19] [20] [21] in October 1999 a £285 million offer from Lendlease was accepted. [22] Bovis merged with Lend Lease Projects and was rebranded as Bovis Lend Lease. [23] [24] Senior figures, including Lampl, retained key positions within the business. [25] [26]
According to Historic England, Hinwick House remained under the ownership of the Orlebar family until a sale in 1995. [10] Another report indicates that the house was used as a school in the 1880s; during 1914 – 1918 it was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers and in 1990 was operating as the Flemish House Restaurant.