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A Dictionary of London
… converted into tenements. Recently rebuilt with very good houses and enlarged (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 283, and N. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… Buildings. Southern part now demolished (1:500). (422) Houses, Nos. 2526, a pair, three storeys and vaulted cellar, … upper windows each consist of three leaded casements. The houses, known as Corporation Buildings, are survivals of a … of c. 1700. Fig. 208 (427) Rock House, Scotgate. (425) Houses and Shops, Nos. 3031 (Plate 158), were built in c. …
Old and New London
… Clarencieux King-at-Arms Swift said he might now "build houses." The secret of this ridicule was that Vanbrugh was a … your comedies, draws schemes and models, And builds dukes' houses upon very odd hills. For him, so much I dote on him, … End in going backwards and forwards between each other's houses, and to Court. Even at the coronation of William III. …
Survey of London
… for Sauffe Custodie of parcell of the tymbre of the houses takyn downe"; (ii) "working of a vaulte or water corse … cap. 82) several of the offices in connection with which houses and other buildings had been held were abolished, and … 22) was passed authorising the sale of more than twenty houses. It was afterwards realised, however, that the …
Survey of London
… had a length of about 140 feet, Denham erected a number of houses shown in the plan of 1670 as "S r Iohn Denhams New … on the Gateway leading to Great Scotland Yard, are three Houses 63 consisting of Kitchen Offices on the Basement … Stories above the Ground & Garrets on the Roof. The three Houses were new fronted some years since, but the interior …
Survey of London
… garden. In 1803 the earl acquired the leases of two small houses adjoining Fife House on the north-west. The history of … May, 1736, and Wright's widow rebuilt one or both of the houses. 20 The lease came into the possession of Mary Trevor, … in 1803 the Earl of Fife acquired the property. One of the houses had been added to Fife House, while the other was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… An allotment of Needwood forest in Staffordshire, on which houses have been erected, was awarded to Scropton under an …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… parish was built over first, and by 1939 there were many houses, all privately built, along Scraptoft Lane and Station … Some new building took place in the village itself, and houses of a more individual type were built north of the … Council housing estate, south of Scraptoft Lane, had 797 houses by 1956 and Steins Lane and Nether Hall Estate, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a tramway. To the south of the ferry, a row of pleasant houses now faces the Mersey, and the shore is crested with … with flourishing trees, and the rural simplicity of its houses, forms a pleasing contrast to the activity and bustle … villas and seats of Liverpool merchants. Several of the houses are very handsome: Seaforth House, a spacious and …