Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
Creations i
Brilliant Sign Company
On this site stood the Paragon Works of the Brilliant Sign Company. Formed in...
Citroën House - Ford
Citroën House, an early example of a concrete-framed building, was built in 1...
Farm Lane - Number 101
101 Farm Lane This site was first developed in the 1890s as a horse bus compa...
Farm Lane - Number 72
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
Other Subjects
City of Ur
Ancient city of Mesopotamia (located mainly in modern-day Iraq). It dates from circa 3,800 B.C. The site is noted for its prominent ziggurat. It started to decline from around 550 BC and was no lon...
1 memorial
Colen Campbell
Architect. Born in Scotland, a descendent of the Campbells of Cawdor Castle. One of the initiators of the Neo-Palladian movement through his publication, the 3-part Vitruvius Britannicus.
1 memorial
William Edward Trent
Architect. Articled to Henry Poston. Later he specialised in cinema design.
1 memorial
Nicholas Hawksmoor
Baroque architect. Former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren. Never left Britain. Designed 6 major London churches using his idiosyncratic, muscular baroque style: St Alfrege’s, Greenwich;...
1 memorial
Nicholas Revett
Architect. Born in Framlingham, Suffolk. He went to Rome in 1742 to study under Marco Benefiale. In 1750 he travelled to Athens with James Stuart to record the antiquities. He incorporated some of ...
Person, Architecture, Art, Greece, Italy
1 memorial
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