In 1848 P&O moved into their new purpose-built offices at no. 122, designed by Beachcroft. In P&O soon bought numbers 123, 124 and 125 Leadenhall Street and expanded their building, also adding a courtyard. The whole was demolished 1964. More information at .
Surprisingly difficult to identify the 'Beachcroft' architect. There was a Samuel Beachcroft who but we cannot definitively connect him to the P&O building.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
P&O office 122 Leadenhall Street
Given the dates of the sculptor (b.1883) the figure was clearly not on the 18...
{On a steel plaque near the lamp-post:} These lamp-posts circa 1890 were orig...
Royal Palace. Records of the time indicate that Edward the Black Prince was building at Kennington from the early 1340s until about 1350. Between 1353 and 1363 further work took place and some of t...
This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.
The full name was Charlotte De Rothschild Dwellings. Â Demolished 1973-80 - all but the arch which stood on Thrawl Street and which you can see in this picture. Â The picture source covers the histor...
An elegant house with views across countryside. Â Edward Lear's stockbroker father held the lease 1806 - 1829 so Edward lived here until he was 16. Â With two storeys and five bays it was not a parti...
A nearby information board gives: These ruins are all that remain of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester, one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London. Founded i...
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