Left: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. Frank Mowbray Taubman. Signed: “F W Taubman, 1900.” Right: Chesham Buildings, Brown Hart Gardens W1K. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Left: Photograph showing the location of the bas relief and plaque. Right: The plaque beneath the bas relief portrait: “Hugh Lupus first Duke of Westminster KC lesser to the improved industrial dwellings Cov. Ltd. of this and other buildings on his London estate accommodating nearly 4000 persons of the working class. The friend and benefactor of his poorer brethren. 1899.”
Related material: Other London Housing Trusts
- Guinness Trust Building (1900). Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6.
- The Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, London SW7
Photographs by Robert Freidus. Formatting and perspective correction by George P. Landow. You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Last modified 29 October 2018