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REPLY1850

NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HAND-BOOK OF LONDON

By NASO.

*Mrs. Cornelly's* is stated, in vol. ii. p. 753., to be "the corner of Sutton Street," Soho Square, "*now D'Almaines's*." Mrs. Cornelly's was at the corner of Sutton Street, but has long been pulled down: the Catholic chapel in Sutton Street was Mrs. Cornelly's concert, ball, and masquerade-room; and the arched entrance below the chapel, and now a wheelwright's, was the entrance for "chairs." D'Almaine's is two doors north of Sutton Street, and was built by Earl (?) Tilney, the builder of Wanstead House? The House in Soho Square has a very fine banqueting-room, the ceiling said to have been pa…

Topics: Historical Customs, Architecture, Victorian Social Life

Locations: Sutton Street, Soho Square, Wanstead House, Cock Lane