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Palatial house built by Lewis Vulliamy for Robert Stayner Holford; replaced by the Dorchester Hotel. Drury Lane: 17th century: 1890: Drury Lane: Old houses which survived the Great Fire of London, including the former Cock and Magpie tavern (with sign), which had become Stockley's Bookshop by 1876. [10] East India House: 1729: 1861: Leadenhall ...
The Fatal Vespers was a 1623 structural collapse at Hunsdon House in Blackfriars, London, England, the official residence of the French ambassador.There were 95 fatalities when the floor of an upper room collapsed under the weight of three hundred people who were attending a Roman Catholic service.
Ronan Point was a 22-storey tower block in Canning Town in Newham, East London, that partially collapsed on 16 May 1968, only two months after it opened.A gas explosion blew out some load-bearing walls, causing the collapse of one entire corner of the building; four people died and 17 were injured.
Durham Place is a row of terraced houses in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It was built in 1790 by a Mr. Richardson who was the steward to the Lord of the Manor. [1] It faces the open space of Burton's Court. [2] Richardson lived at the adjoining house to the north of Durham Place, which he named the Manor House. [1]
London Bridge: London, England Bridge 1275 St. Servatius Bridge: ... Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water: Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US: Building: 9 ...
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — An historic Connecticut church's soaring steeple and roof collapsed on Thursday, leaving a gaping hole in the top of the building and the front reduced to a heap of rubble.
The destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain was the result of a change in social conditions: many country houses of varying architectural merit were demolished by their owners. Collectively termed by several authors "the lost houses", the destruction of these now often-forgotten houses has been described as a cultural tragedy.
2009 Lakanal House fire – in a tower block in Camberwell, South London, caused by a faulty television set, led to six deaths and at least twenty injured; an inquest "found the fire spread unexpectedly fast, both laterally and vertically, trapping people in their homes, with the exterior cladding panels burning through in just four and a half ...