2013

TQ3281 : Wall Plaques at Post Office Court

taken 12 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

Wall Plaques at Post Office Court
Wall Plaques at Post Office Court
A selection of Plaques on the wall at Post Office Court. The Corporation of London has provided the following information:

"These sculptures elements were installed here in 2003/4. They were decorative elements of the building previously on the site at 10-15 Lombard Street/ 83-36 King William Street and it was a condition of the planning permission to demolish the building and build a new one that this stonework was salvaged and reinstated as part of the development. The stone panels were previously over doors and entrances to passageways across the site.

The previous building on the site was a Portland stone clad building constructed in 1938/40, which was designed by Whinney Son and Austin Hall."
City of London Footways

This is a collection of various passages, courts, alleys, paths, pedestrian tunnels and pavements in the City of London. Many of these date from the medieval street plan and have survived the redevelopment of recent years, some of which travel under buildings.

The term "footway" is used in fairly wide sense to describe any path or track for pedestrians, where motor vehicles are not normally allowed.

A very helpful reference is Ivor Hoole's "A guide to the alleys, courts, passages and yards of Central London" which has been archived here: Archive LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Paths Public buildings and spaces City, Town centre Place: City of London other tags: Artwork Wall Plaque Passageway Covered Passage Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · London [1689] · Street [1645] · London Wall [517] Other Photos: · Post Office Court ·
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Roger Jones   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 17 January, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 21 January, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3277 8103 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.7562N 0:5.2848W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3278 8102
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