Halton Mansions was the first state-aided scheme in Islington, built in 1922-3 with 168 flats in 3 four-storied blocks.
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first state-aided housing in Islington
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First state-aided housing in Islington
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Herbert Huntly-Gordon
Architect and speculative builder. Â Worked closely with the manufacturers Doulton and Company to produce a rough-faced terracotta for this type of neo-renaissance architectural decoration. Â Ornamen...
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William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount
Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family.  Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts. On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property, Italy, USA
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Stoke Newington Manor House
The photograph appears under Stoke Newington Manor House on the Hackney Plaques and Local History website. There is no further explanation. Maybe it shows excavations at the site.
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35, Dorset Square, Notcutt House
Researching this address unexpectedly turned up two terrific items. Firstly, the 1932 Wakefield High School Magazine. In the list of members (old girls, presumably) we find: "Hemingway, Maisie, N...
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Leytonstone House
Built 18th century as a home for the Buxton brewing family. They moved to a new residence in Buckhurst Hill in 1868 and sold the property (the house with its 8 acres) to the Bethnal Green Poor Law ...
1 memorial
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