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Plaque

Faraday Building North

Inscription

Former site of Faraday Building Nth., City, Central, Long Distance and International Telephone Exchanges, 1902 to 1982.
City of London

An unusual amount of punctuation for a plaque.

Site: Faraday Building North (2 memorials)

EC4, Addle Hill

The (the earliest available) shows this whole block boarded to head height and this historic door surround, covered in scaffolding, in the process of being installed - the top pediment is not yet in place.  An attempt (failed in our opinion) to make this dull, dull, building interesting.

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Faraday Building North

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Faraday Building North

Faraday Building North (FBN) was built in the late 1800s as an extension to w...

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Faraday Building North

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Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...

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