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16 July 2009
1875 – No.1 Poultry, London

1875 – No.1 Poultry, London

Architect: J. & J. Belcher Early design proposal for No.1 Poultry, which was ultimately to become the Mappin & Webb building, also designed by John Belcher. It was demolished eventually in 1194 when...

16 July 2009
1875 – Offices for The London School Board, Victoria Embankment, London

1875 – Offices for The London School Board, Victoria Embankment, London

Architect: Bodley & Garner Selected Design published in The Architect May 10th 1873. This building was ultimately to become much larger than illustrated with the same design mirrored around a central tower and...

08 February 2011
1875 – St. Agnes Church, Vicarage & School, Kennington Park, London

1875 – St. Agnes Church, Vicarage & School, Kennington Park, London

Architect: George Gilbert Scott (Jnr) Construction began in 1875 on this neo-Gothic building by George Gilbert Scott, Jr. The church was outfitted by his apprentice, Temple Moore, and included stained glass by Charles...

24 February 2011
1875 – St. Saviours Church  for the Deaf & Dumb, Oxford Street, London

1875 – St. Saviours Church for the Deaf & Dumb, Oxford Street, London

Architect: Arthur W. Blomfield In June 1875 a church named St. Saviours was opened on a site in Oxford Street that had been leased to the Association for The Deaf & Dumb by...

18 September 2012
1876 – “Baynard Castle”, Queen Victoria Street, London

1876 – “Baynard Castle”, Queen Victoria Street, London

Architect: Major Wieland The original Baynard Castle was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. This Victorian ‘version’ which has also now disappeared stood directly in front of Wren’s last London...

19 October 2009
1876 – Church of St. Jude, Peckham, London

1876 – Church of St. Jude, Peckham, London

Architect: Arthur W. Blomfield This building, which replaced an earlier iron church, was bombed during the Second World War. Only the vestry survived and was then referred to as St Jude’s Chapel. It...

08 March 2010
1876 – Middle Class Schools for the Grocers Company, Hackney, London

1876 – Middle Class Schools for the Grocers Company, Hackney, London

Architect: Theophilus Allen The winning entry in an architectural competition for a school for the Grocers Company in Hackney. The Company was founded in the fourteenth century (1345) as the Guild of Pepperers....

08 February 2011
1876 – New Curriers Hall, London Wall, London

1876 – New Curriers Hall, London Wall, London

Architects: J & J Belcher Perspective of facade published in The Building News, July 2nd 1875. The Curriers’ Company dates from 1272 when the Mistery of Curriers became a trade association. In the...

28 November 2012
1876 – Proposal for New National Opera House, Thames Embankment, London

1876 – Proposal for New National Opera House, Thames Embankment, London

Architect: F.H. Fowler Now the site of the New Scotland Yard buildings by Richard Norman Shaw.