TO BE DEMOLISHED
I LONDON’S OLD MANSION HOUSE The Old Mansion House, in ch ®"£ side, E.C., the official home ot Lord Mayors of London pelar L r ~ present Mansion House was but -• being demolished. . . It was built by Sir Christop - Wren just after the Great Fire, was first used by Sir William Tu . j Lord Mayor from 1668 to 1669the present Mansion House it has been used for poses, and it is now to make room banking premises. -id As much as possible of tne building will be preserved, says j ’ London “Daily Mail.” A " on ?, rTß d carved staircase, which has se since the building was electee, been carefully dismantled, a be re-erected in the new but The stone frontage has been sol ; The Guildhall authorities » made complete scale drawingsi ■ , building and its carvings, to be I as records.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 946, 12 April 1930, Page 28
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140TO BE DEMOLISHED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 946, 12 April 1930, Page 28
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