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Title: The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Allen, Thomas, 1803-1833
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Publisher: London : Jaques and Wright
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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* Vol. iii, p. 80S. HISTORY OF LONDON m
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Sir R. Whittington's House In a small court leading out of Grub-street, called Sweedon's passage, was the above building:, traditionally said to have been the residence of sir Richard Whittington in the reign of Henry IV., and of sir Thomas Gresham in that of Elizabeth. Mr. Smith, who inspected it in 1791, says, It must have been the mansion of some opulent person; and sir Thomas Gresham, who is said to have been an inhabitant, might have altered it ; for of all the houses I ever inspected in London, none were so substantially built. The timbers were oak and chesnut, and used in the greatest profusion. The lower parts of the chimnies, on the ground floor, were of stone, in some instances blocked up, and in others considerably lessened. The rooms had been contracted, as the wainscot portions in three instances divided the ceilings, which, when whole, must have been ornamented in a regular manner, as large masses of the cornice were visible in some of the modern closets. Upon an examination of...

...This curious building, with the singular projecting staircase, was pulled down in March, 1805, and three small houses occupy the site; upon one is the following inscription:- Gresham House, Once the residence of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor 1406, Rebuilt 1805.

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