Monument Number 1522393 |
Hob Uid: 1522393 | |
Location : Greater London Authority City of Westminster Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : TQ3034780530 |
Summary : Nos. 6 and 7 York Buildings, London, comprise a pair of terraced houses dating to circa 1676 with later alterations. No. 6 is stuccoed while No. 7 is stuccoed to the ground floor and of red brick above. Each house is of three storeys with dormered mansard roofs and basements. They are each three windows wide with a slate roof. No. 6 has a doorway to the left with a wooden doorcase, pulvinated frieze and cornice on consoles. It has flush framed sash windows, plat bands between storeys and a parapet with coping. No. 7 has similar fenestration and a doorway to left with wooden doorcase and a cornice on consoles.No. 6 York Buildings, London, was the headquarters of the Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS) in 1914 and 1917. The CLWS was established in 1909 to '"band together, on a non-party basis, Suffragists of every shade of opinion who are Church people in order to secure for women the vote in Church and State, as it is or may be granted to men."' |
More information : No. 6 York Buildings, London, was the headquarters of the Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS) in 1914 and 1917. The CLWS was established in 1909 to '"band together, on a non-party basis, Suffragists of every shade of opinion who are Church people in order to secure for women the vote in Church and State, as it is or may be granted to men"'. They produced a series of pamphlets on the subject and brought the campaign to the awareness of their congregation at the service held on the first Sunday of every month. By the end of 1913, the CLWS had more than 5000 members and 103 branches. In February 1914 the Worcester branch proposed a motion that the CLWS declare itself opposed to militancy in the campaign for women's suffrage. The League opposed the motion which led several members to leave, including the Bishop of Worcester. They were renamed the League of the Church Militant after the First World War and widened the scope of their activities to include work for the ordination of women. (1)
The Church League for Women's Suffrage organised public meetings as well as those held in the drawing rooms and gardens of its members. They also took part in processions and one such occasion in November 1910 marched from Victoria Embankment to Westminster Abbey. (2)
Nos. 6 and 7 York Buildings, London, comprise a pair of terraced houses dating to circa 1676 with later alterations. No. 6 is stuccoed while no. 7 is stuccoed to the ground floor and of red brick above. Each house is of three storeys with dormered mansards and basements. They are each three windows wide with a slate roof. No. 6 has a doorway to the left with a wooden doorcase, pulvinated frieze and cornice on consoles. It has flush framed sash windows, plat bands between storeys and a parapet with coping. No. 7 has similar fenestration and a doorway to left with wooden doorcase and cornice on consoles. (3)
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