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that was set in motion by passers-by treading on hidden machinery, knowingly or unknowingly. Mostly Victorian buildings have been built lining the street.
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bought a plot at Spring Gardens, where he constructed Nos. 10, 12, and 14 Spring Gardens as both his townhouse and his own office.
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The area hosted an open-air market for milk, the Milk Fair, from the formation of the Mall; this was closed before
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The First Meeting of the London County Council in the County Hall Spring Gardens, 1889
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10 Spring Gardens was formerly the British Council's headquarters building in London
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It is named after the gardens that stood here. These featured a decorative
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at her home at the corner of Buckingham Court, Spring Gardens, in 1718.
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Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel
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Metropolitan Board of Works
dead-end street
St. James's
London
The Mall
Admiralty Arch
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
City of Westminster
Whitehall
Horse Guards Parade
Green Park
Charing Cross
fountain
Elizabeth I
Susanna Centlivre
A Bold Stroke for a Wife
Decimus Burton

Henry Jamyn Brooks
Metropolitan Board of Works
London Guildhall
London County Council
County Hall
World War I
British Council
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Literary Landmarks of London

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