Tag: Conservation
67. Toynbee Hall
Toynbee Hall was set up in 1884 by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The Barnetts took a different approach to tackling the poverty of Whitechapel (as mapped by Charles Booth in 1880s) by bringing graduates from Oxford and Cambridge to live and learn amongst the community and use their education to help them 'become their best selves'.
60. Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The foundry est.1570 is one of the country's oldest manufacturing companies. These buildings date from 1740 and are one of the only remaining examples of this typology of shop, house and factory behind.
56. Astley Castle
The ruin was restored by Witherford Watson Mann for client the Landmark Trust. Destroyed by a fire in 1978, the original building comprised of various elements and extensions dating back from the 13th century. Witherford Watson Mann’s approach was to intervene minimally with new insertions whilst maintaining a memory of what had been there before. The project won the Stirling Prize in 2013.
41. Fulham Palace House & Garden
The SaLADS visited the grade II listed medieval and Tudor palace.
17. Ham House
On a rainy day, a core group of Salads made the journey out of central London to Ham in Richmond to explore the atmospheric Ham House and Gardens set on the banks of the river Thames.