Mary Ward House (London)
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Tavistock Place, 5-7
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place with historical importance, conference centre, exhibition centre, Grade I Listed (UK)
Mary Ward House
5-7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN
Conference & Exhibition Centre.
Mary Ward House is a fascinating Grade 1 listed building built in 1898 and financed by the wealthy philanthropist Passmore Edwards. Mary Ward, the novelist and social reformer, was the inspiration behind the endeavour to provide a centre of training, care and entertainment for the less fortunate in society.
www.marywardhouse.com/
The Dickens library at Mary Ward House was transformed to look like a classroom at Yale and used for filming of The Good Shepherd (2006) featuring Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro.
5-7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN
Conference & Exhibition Centre.
Mary Ward House is a fascinating Grade 1 listed building built in 1898 and financed by the wealthy philanthropist Passmore Edwards. Mary Ward, the novelist and social reformer, was the inspiration behind the endeavour to provide a centre of training, care and entertainment for the less fortunate in society.
www.marywardhouse.com/
The Dickens library at Mary Ward House was transformed to look like a classroom at Yale and used for filming of The Good Shepherd (2006) featuring Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Augusta_Ward
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°31'30"N -0°7'38"E
- British Museum 0.5 km
- St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel 0.7 km
- London St Pancras - Barlow Trainshed 0.8 km
- City of London 1 km
- London St Pancras International railway station 1 km
- The Royal Courts of Justice 1.4 km
- Somerset House 1.6 km
- Barbican Residential Estate 2.1 km
- Roman fort 2.3 km
- Queenhithe 2.5 km
- Bloomsbury 0.2 km
- University College London 0.4 km
- Kings Cross Estate 0.5 km
- Fitzrovia 0.8 km
- Kings Cross 0.9 km
- Somers Town 0.9 km
- Central London 1.9 km
- London Borough of Islington 2.7 km
- City of Westminster 2.9 km
- Camden Council 3 km