A Diss

admin 11 January 2010

Date

c 1900

Read more about 117-119 Maldon Road (north-west side)

Pair of semi-detached houses. Red brick. Slate roofs. Two substantial rectangular bays rising to attic height to create in effect a third storey additionally lit by a large dormer window between the two. Bays topped by pitched roofs. Dated 1899. Initials AD for A Diss on front wall.

Probably ERO D/B 6 Pb3/1359, 1899, A. Diss (owner and architect) [Not checked]

1 West Stockwell Street

jadams 9 January 2010

Date

1901

Read more about 1 West Stockwell Street

Built just after 1901 as an extension and partial rebuilding of the Angel Hotel (Angel Inn). ERO D/B 6 Pb3/1618 (not checked), Nicholl and Co. (owner), C.E. Butcher (architect), A. Diss (builder)

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117-119 Maldon Road (north-west side)

1 West Stockwell Street