Demolished Collection (page 6)

Pauls Cross
The preaching place at Pauls Cross : it will be demolished by a vote of Parliament in 1643

Holborn Hill, London, 1866
Engraving showing the Holborn Hill in London, as a number of houses there were demolished in order to make way for the Holborn Valley Viaduct, 1866

Fleet Bridge over the Fleet River near where it joins the Thames : the river will vanish underground in 1766 and the bridge demolished

Wych Street, London, c. 1884
Engraving showing a number of the older buildings of Wych Street, London, which were demolished c.1884

Moor Hall Chapel, Middlesex, 1960
Photograph of Moor Hall Chapel, Harefield, Middlesex which was due to be demolished in 1960 and turned into a football field

Paris Assemblee Nation
The old buildings of the Assemblee Nationale are demolished to make room for something more prestigious

Ruined Norman Church
Fine Norman arches on a hilltop in Shobdon Park, Leominster, Hertfordshire, ruins of a church built in the 11th century, but demolished in the 18th century

The Old Vine Tavern which literally stood in the road at the junction of Mile End Road and Cambridge Heath Road, east London, was sadly demolished in the early 1900s

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Russia / 1927 / Anti-Church
Buildings are demolished and icons confiscated in the Soviet campaign against religious institutions

Temple Destroyed
With the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted : their temple at Charenton is demolished

The Tholsel / Dublin / 1817
Tholsel Houses were financial centres where people exchanged money. This Dublin building was demolished in 1809. The lower floor was used as a market

Sandford Manor House, west London (later demolished)

Whitehall in 1746
Whitehall Gate has only 13 years before being demolished in 1759, the street widened into the grand thoroughfare of the next century. The Banqueting Hall on the right

Paris / Palais Industrie
Built for the 1855 Exposition, this building was demolished in 1897 to make room for the Avenue Alexander III

Fishing by the Mill
The Middle Mill, formerly called The Kings Mill, on the River Colne, Colchester, Essex, England, now sadly demolished forever

Euston Arch
The great Doric arch at the entrance to Euston Station, designed by Philip Hardwick, it was completed in 1838 at a cost of 35, 000. Tragically demolished in 1962 - 1963"

Beaumarchais / Paris Home
PIERRE-AUGUSTIN CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS his home in Paris, which was demolished in 1818

London Wall Newgate 1903
A 20-metre length of Londons Roman Wall, discovered when Newgate Prison was demolished, and subsequently demolished in its turn

Leathersellers Hall
An ancient nunnery, acquired by the Leathersellers in 1543, but demolished in 1799

C15 Commercial Building
The Old Fountain in the Minories, London, so solidly built that three horses were needed to pull the timbers apart when it was demolished in 1793

Wood Street Compter
WOOD STREET COMPTER used mostly for debtors but also as an overflow for Newgate : demolished in 1816

16th Century Townhouses
Houses in Butcher Row, London; the building on the right, demolished in 1798, is supposed to have been where the Gunpowder Plotters did their plotting

Paris / Hotel Liancourt
Originally the Hotel Dauphin, rebuilt by Roger Du Plessis, sieur de Liancourt, circa 1620s; demolished 1825 and the rue des Beaux Arts (6e) now runs on the site

W a Mozart, Deathplace
His last home, 934 (now 8) Rauhensteingasse, Vienna, subsequently demolished to be replaced by a fine modern building : here he died

Palais De L industrie
This exhibition hall was built for the 1855 Exposition : it was demolished in 1897, and the site became the avenue Alexandre III

Belvedere Mansion
The impressive mansion in Belvedere, Kent, England, seat of Sir Sampson Gideon, a fabulously wealthy financier. Sadly demolished in 1959

Sutcliffs Tuck Shop
Sutcliffs tuck shop, patronised by Westminster schoolboys, demolished in 1903; Miss Sutcliff in 1880 and 1911 is inset

Red Bull Theatre / 1672
An open-air playhouse built in 1600 by Aaron Holland in St John Street, London. The theatre was demolished sometime between 1663-65

Wimbledon Manor House built by Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter in 1588, re-modelled and then demolished in 1732 to make way for a new building

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

Holy Trinity Priory
The Gateway to the Priory of the Holy Trinity, called Christs Church or Christchurch near Aldgate. The structure behind appears to be in the process of demolition

Brit Museum at Montagu H
Giraffes dominate the staircase at Montagu House, home of the Museum until it is demolished and replaced with Smirkes magnificent buildings from the 1820s to the 1850s

Birmingham Nelson Statue
This monument to LORD HORATIO NELSON, next to the (now demolished) Bull Ring, Birmingham, England, was sculpted in 1809 by Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A

Greenwich Palace
GREENWICH PALACE, named by Henry VI PLACENTIA (pleasant place); later it was a biscuit factory, demolished by Wren 1694 to make way for the Royal Naval Hospital

Tabard, Southwark, 1831
The Tabard Inn, Southwark, London, demolished in 1876. Also known as The Talbot Inn

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