Friars Way in Friars Lane
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Friars Way in Friars Lane
Friars Way in Friars Lane
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SC_PHL_01_680_76_7537 (Collage 163804)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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This three-quarter view shows Friars Way, once known as Queensberry Cottage, a three-storey nineteenth-century house overlooking The Green on the corner of Friars Lane in the Richmond Green conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames. It stands on the site of a house that was built in 1750 and is listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit. To the left of view is the flanking wall and rear extension of Old Friars, built originally in 1687 and Grade II* listed in 1950; listing number 1065315. A wing of Old Friars, known as Beaver Lodge and hidden from view in this photograph, was at one time the headquarters of the Richmond Liberal and Radical Club, and more recently was the home of film actor, director, and entrepreneur, Lord Richard Attenborough (1923-2014). To the right, the flanking wall of Friars Way incorporates 1 Friars Way and beyond the buildings at numbers 2, and 3 Friars Lane are also shown. Friars Lane marked the boundary between Richmond Palace and the House of Observant Franciscan Friars, established by Henry VII in 1499.
This three-quarter view shows Friars Way, once known as Queensberry Cottage, a three-storey nineteenth-century house overlooking The Green on the corner of Friars Lane in the Richmond Green conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames. It stands on the site of a house that was built in 1750 and is listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit. To the left of view is the flanking wall and rear extension of Old Friars, built originally in 1687 and Grade II* listed in 1950; listing number 1065315. A wing of Old Friars, known as Beaver Lodge and hidden from view in this photograph, was at one time the headquarters of the Richmond Liberal and Radical Club, and more recently was the home of film actor, director, and entrepreneur, Lord Richard Attenborough (1923-2014). To the right, the flanking wall of Friars Way incorporates 1 Friars Way and beyond the buildings at numbers 2, and 3 Friars Lane are also shown. Friars Lane marked the boundary between Richmond Palace and the House of Observant Franciscan Friars, established by Henry VII in 1499.
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