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CHENIES STREET CHAMBERS
9-11 Chenies Street
London WC1
1888
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Builder's Report and Engineering Times
Friday June 8, 1888 page 461
Tenders
Bloomsbury - For the erection of ladies's residential chambers, Chenies-street
W.
Mr. J.M Brydon. architect. Quantities by Messrs. Franklin and Andrews.
Bray and Pope
Perkins, Robt
Jarrett, Chas
Perry & Co.
Higgs & Hill
Brush
Patman & Fotheringham
Holland & Haman
Chappell, J.T.
Brass & Son* |
11,796
9,975
9,585
9,459
9,384
9,365
9,363
9,336
8,726
8,473 |
*accepted, as amended, at 7,500 |
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The tradition of having social activists
in the building continued with the first Council Tenants. Patsy Futatsugi's
father,
Johnny
Morten, was one of the protesters arrested by police, on September 12,
1946, supporting the protesting squatters who had taken over the Ivanhoe
Hotel on Southampton Row. He (with his wife Pat and five-year-old
daughter Patsy) moved into the newly renovated
Chenies Street Chambers in 1947 and lived in the
same flat until his death in 1998.
Patsy is not the only original council tenant in this building, circa 2008.
Diana Lesardi moved into the building in 1947 as well, with her father and
mother (flat 17) and Diana still lives in the building (although not in the
original flat).
Fire
Safety Legislation (outside link)
http://www.is4profit.com/business-advice/general-advice/fire-safety-regulations-guide.html?gclid=CK_h7d6mq5YCFQrNXgod2m8FzQ
Fire Prevention
- Common Questions
The Victorian Society is the national society responsible for the study and
protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts. It was
founded in 1958 to fight the then widespread ignorance of nineteenth and
early twentieth century architecture. Among its thirty founder members were
John Betjeman and Nikolaus Pevsner.
Interested in Bloomsbury, Camden, Holborn, Fitzrovia history?
Visit the Holborn Library Local History Archives Centre
http://www.camden.gov.uk/localstudies
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Web Site
of the Month
CHENIES STREET,
LONDON
www.geocities.com/cheniesuk
Chenies Street Chambers is a late- Victorian building
which runs east-west between Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road. It was
purpose-built as a 'ladies' residential dwelling' and was first recorded
as such in the 1891 census. This site is the history of the block and is
an excellent example of how to present a local history project on the web.
Records include poor rates, census material and even an air raid report dated
17th April 1941. There are plenty of attractive images and maps as well as
fascinating nuggets of local history.
source:
Family History Monthly
(managing editor: John Dean)
45 St Mary's Road
Ealing, London W5 5RQ
No. 83, August 2002, p.34 |
CHENIES STREET CHAMBERS
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