Mary Ward Settlement (Passmore Edwards Settlement Buildings), Tavistock Place, London: the fireplace in the residents' common room surrounded by old Delft tiles Architect/Designer Smith & Brewer Artist/Photographer Charles, Martin (1940-2012) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1897 Image Date 1989 View Interior Style Arts & Crafts Medium Photoprint Library Reference AP Box 790 London/MW Orientation Portrait Colour Info Black and white Credit Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections Subject Fireplaces ; Societies' buildings ; Educational buildings ; Tiles ; Cultural centres
NOTES: The Mary Ward Settlement (originally known as the Passmore Edwards Settlement Buildings) was founded in the 1890s by Mary Augusta Ward under the financial patronage of John Passmore Edwards. It aimed to provide facilities to 'improve the the religious, moral, intellectual or physical well-being of the people of London' and was also notable for housing the first fully equipped classrooms for children with disabilities. See RIBA134797 for the negative of this image.
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