This garden was laid out in 1887 by Julia Countess of Ducie.
God saw the earth and behold it was very good. Have we done our best to make it very good?
The quotation comes from Genesis 1:31. The question is an addition.
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The Red Cross Cottages were designed by Elijah Hoole.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 3
Wife of Henry Reynolds-Moreton, Third Earl of Ducie. There is no portrait and...
Part of Octavia Hill's pioneering social housing scheme. It consists of two r...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 3
Designed by architects Gunton and Gunton and opened in 1923. These alsmhouses consist of a row of six cottages with a pair of semi-detach...
The wall plaque has not only an ornate cartouche with the inscription but also a detailed relief of the lost building. 1873 is very early...
Roger Lloyd Pack, 1944 - 2014, actor, lived here, 1987 - 2014. The Heritage Foundation
Gerald Durrell, 1925 - 1995, zoologist and writer, lived here as a child. English Heritage
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