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Survey of London
… largest house in the square, was probably erected in 1675 or 1676 and was first occupied by the freeholder of the … of 1683. 201 Numerous paintings are mentioned, hanging or inserted over doors and chimneys: the great staircase had … single table and chairs of walnut, olive wood, prince wood or deal, some japanned furniture, or, as in the Duke's …
Survey of London
… the northern of the two houses in St. James's Street. 2 In or about 1699 Widow Bourne became the occupant of this house, and is said to have opened a grocer's shop or coffee mill there, thus establishing the business which is … Either he retained parts of the existing buildings or else he rebuilt the whole in a manner which, as far as …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… First Court. Under Dr. William Whitaker, Master (158695), or shortly before, the 'Infirmary' was fitted up as rooms. … plank doors on strap hinges. In the room are two late 17th or early 18th-century bookcases with shaped panelled ends. … (' Eagle', XLIX, 3). The windows on both floors are of one or two four-centred lights in square heads with labels, all …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… each leaf is divided into five vertical cinque-foiled or trefoiled panels with elaborate tracery, moulded styles … restored parapet-string remains. The windows are of one or two square-headed lights with moulded reveals and labels; … Henshaw. Both this and the other ranges have late 17th or early 18th-century moulded lead rain-water heads enriched …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… Thirteenth to sixteenth century 2 belonged in the early or mid-13th century to John son of Richard, also known as … (d. 1662), and to William's daughter and sole heir, Flower, who married successively William Bishop (d. 1661), … rebuilder of 1-2. 7 In 1692 Henry earl of Clarendon and Flower his wife sold or mortgaged a messuage or tenement …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… grocer, granted the same 4 messuages, said to be now or late occupied by Gybbons, Baker, Garretson and Garraweye, … were William Barne, holding by year at £1, Michael Cowy or Cowper at £1. 6s. 8d., and Edward Haies at £1. Mr. Garway … tenements were one messuage called the Green Dragon, now or late held by Nathaniel Deards or Richard Utber or their …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… and Westminster probably therefore lay to the W., and was (or was part of) 26-35. Westminster is known to have had a … formerly known as the Naked Boy and now as the Three Flower de Luces, late occupied by Henry Lindley and now by … they had rebuilt the sites of the Wild Man and the Three Flower de Luces (26F-G), held on lease from Pulford, but that …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… as lying wholly in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch, or partly in that parish and partly in St. Mildred Poultry. … of 26F and G (qq.v.) for many years, and the freehold or inheritance of the land behind 35 was disputed. 1 The land … Child had acquired the leases of the Wild Man, the Three Flower de Luces, and the Phoenix in Bucklersbury (26E-G) and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S. is a small circular window, now blocked, and of 12th or 13th century date. The South Aisle (19 ft. wide) is of red … Roof of the chancel is of four bays with curved principals or braces springing from moulded brackets above the plates; … the lower band has lozengy, cusped panelling with a carved flower in the middle of each main panel. The moulded …
Survey of London
… to the north. The exterior was then completely refaced or reworked. When this work was in progress a small … fairly postulate a preConquest church serving an area more or less commensurate with the present parish. The first … "his church of St. Pancras," situated in his "Solanda" or prebend. The grant included all that pertained to the …