Looks like a simple corner with a cement render on the lower half and brick work on the upper part of this building. I should let you know we are in fact at the junction of Tufton Street and Horseferry Road.Now the traffic cones and notice board are here not for artistic effect but because we are close by the local magistrates court of Horseferry Road which somebody renamed Westminster.
But back to this corner notice the how the shade changes the colour and tone of the magnolia render and admire the lovely small paned window with curved arch. What though is within that frame ? Well it turns out this site was once a home for the needy, the poor and orphans in other words it was a boys home. The Stone which is covered and framed is a foundation stone and was laid by a Lord Kinnaird.
Who would have thought a plain simple corner would hold a local piece of history and all that is left of the home is this foundation stone. The site now is in fact residential property of a sort after nature...
