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The Howard de Walden Estate is a property estate in Marylebone, London, owned by the Howard de Walden family. As of 2020 the estate was reported to be worth £4.7 billion. As of 2020 the estate was reported to be worth £4.7 billion.
The building was later home to publisher George Newnes 1851–1910, architect of Putney Library, who was made baronet "of Wildcroft, in the parish of Putney" in 1895. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Newnes demolished and rebuilt the building in 1877 [ 7 ] and it was visited by writer Naomi Royde-Smith as a child from 1900. [ 8 ]
In 1919, London County Council proposed an estate of about 1200 houses on the Putney House, and Dover House parkland, to fulfil a policy designed to relieve the pressure for 'Homes fit for heroes'. The Housing Act of 1919 incorporated generous subsidies for local authorities to build affordable housing for rent. The estate was meticulously ...
The Portsmouth Road, showing the Bald Faced Stag Inn, 1888 KLG factory at Putney Vale. Demolished 1989. Now an ASDA superstore. Putney Vale is a small community in south west London. It lies between Richmond Park and Wimbledon Common, to the east of Beverley Brook and Kingston Vale. Its main features are a housing estate, a superstore and a ...
Winkworth was founded in 1835 by the brothers Henry St John and Edward Henry Thomas Winkworth. [1] The original head office was on Curzon Street, Mayfair, with a country office in Brighton. [1] Winkworth went public on the AIM London Stock Exchange in 2009, [2] [3] when it had 89 franchises in Great Britain, [4] France and Portugal. [2]
Putney had a second place of worship for Independents, and Roehampton achieved separate parish status in 1845. The proprietors of the bridge distributed £31 per annum to watermen, and watermen's widows and children, and the parish received benefit from Henry Smith's and other charities. [7] [3] Putney in 1887 covered 9 km 2 (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 sq mi ...
The buildings were designed by architect William Hunt (1854 - 1943), [2] together with his son and partner Edward Hunt (1877 - 1963). [1] [3]Built in 1906, there is a row of four Arts and Crafts terraced cottages in red brick with two storeys plus attic, each cottage had a two-bedroom flat on the ground floor, and a three-bedroom flat above.
Early example of compulsory purchase; many homes of 1921 era Metroland-type development had to be demolished. Charges of engineering area to swing MP seat from Conservative to Labour were levied, though in fact Conservative served from 1974 to 1997. Low—rises and 30 high-rise "Bison" built blocks.