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Continue past the old cricket pavillion.
My thanks to mait001 for the correct description of this building.
Firefighters from Chelsea fire station attended Harwood Road SW6 overnight after a scaffold tower was blown over, and landing on two adjoining flat roofs.
This shop has recently removed it's large illuminated fascia board. The stone plaque above the shop reads: "Market Place
1851 W "
446 Fulham Rd, Fulham, London SW6
Oswald Stoll and the Armed Services.
Last week I made a visit to a building I spotted from the number 14 bus coming back from Fulham Palace. I didn't have a clue what this building was, so I retraced my steps. I'm glad I did. From the photographs l took you will see why it caught my eye.
Firstly I would like to thank Becky Frankham, Communication Officer from Stoll housing for meeting me and showing me around the site.
So what I saw was the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation in Fulham SW6.
Stoll was a philanthropist who donated the land in 1916 for the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, a charity in Fulham, for disabled soldiers returning from World War I and their families. The foundation continues to house disabled ex-servicemen and women to this day, but in addition also provides supported housing for veterans suffering from mental ill health, and those who, having left the Forces, have found themselves homeless.
So who was Oswald.
Sir Oswald Stoll (20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company. He also owned Cricklewood Studios and film production company Stoll Pictures, which was one of the leading British studios of the Silent era. In 1912, he founded the Royal Variety Performance (originally Royal Command Performance) a now-annual charity show which benefits the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
Stoll worked with the theatre architect Frank Matcham on several theatres, including:
Nottingham Palace (1898).
Hackney Empire (1901).
London Coliseum (1904).
Bristol Hippodrome (1912).
Fulham Broadway Methodist Church on the left and Fulham Broadway Retail Centre on the right.
Part of the Walking the District Line set.
This was all set to be a mini-supermarket. It was fitted out but had little stock and was never open for business.
Craven Cottage is the home to Fulham Football Club and is located on the banks of the River Thames besides Bishop's Park.
The Stevenage Road stand (now the Johnny Haynes Stand) was designed by Archibald Leitch and constructed in 1905. Leitch also designed the cottage pavilion in the corner of the stadium. Both of these buildings are now Grade II listed.
The Cottage Pavilion behind the Stevenage Road Stand.
The historic house and garden of the Bishop of London since 704, over 1300 years of British history in the heart of London. London SW6 6EA
Yesterday I made a visit to Fulham Palace (SW6) and what a hidden gem it is. I arrived just in time to join a taster tour with Chantel one of 250 volunteers at the Palace, it left me wanting to go back for the full tour.
With archaeological evidence of Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman settlers and the foundations of a medieval palace under the East Lawn, the present site of Fulham Palace is steeped in history.
From around 700, when the site was acquired by Bishop Waldhere, it served as a Bishop’s residence for over 12 centuries. At least since Tudor times, Fulham Palace was the Bishop of London’s country home, providing the Bishop and his family with a healthy rural retreat in summer months.
The Manor of Fulham was bought by Waldhere, the Bishop of London, from Tyrhtilus, the Bishop of Hereford, about 700AD. The Manor covered the whole of what is now Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Acton and Finchley. The Bishops owned other manors in Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire.
Read more: www.fulhampalace.org/palace/history/
Not forgetting the garden
13 acres of botanical garden, including a restore Walled Garden, all in the heart of London.
Photos / Video copyright kimfreeman.co.uk
Nearest tube is Putney Bridge on the District Line and then a very nice 10 min walk along the river though Bishop's Meadow (park).
By the way it's 'Free' to enter.
Built by the Imperial Gas Company in 1830.
Imperial Road, Hammersmith.
www.sandsendrevisited.net/work-places/93-north-thames-gas...
Ghost Sign for J.C.Platt, Auctioneer and Estate Management, Fulham, London SW6.
More information about my Urban, Rural and Coastal Wanderings can be found on my "In Search of Space" blog at www.dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/