Detail of the central pediment of the southern block at Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions showing the war seal and the words 'The Sir Oswald Foundation'

Date:
18 Jun 2015
Location:
Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions, 446 Fulham Road, Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London Authority
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Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, 446 Fulham Road, Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London Authority
War Seal Mansions, 446 Fulham Road, Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London Authority
Reference:
DP176101
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Built as War Seal Mansions between 1917 and 1923 to provide 138 apartments for seriously wounded ex-servicemen and their families. Building work was funded by theatre entrepreneur and philanthropist Oswald Stoll through his War Seal Foundation. A ‘war seal’ was a diamond-shaped stamp used to seal the backs of letters and Stoll sold 5 million, at a half-penny each. Stoll received a knighthood in 1919 and in 1937 the War Seal Foundation was renamed in his honour.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/23845 Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions, 446 Fulham Road, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London Authority; within the Volume: VF000333 Disabled Veterans' Housing; within the Series: EHC01/293 Disabled Veterans' Housing; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Millson-Watkins, Lucy: Historic England

Keywords

Early 20th Century Flats, First World War