Drapers' Gardens Before The 1960s
Before the building of a comprehensive sewage system in London during the later nineteenth century the site had been largely undeveloped since Roman time as it was waterlogged by tributaries of the River Walbrook. During the period from the first occupation by the Drapers' Company in 1544 it was a market garden and place of recreation, After the Great Fire of London the west side was built over. Over the following two hundred years the remainder of the gardens remained a largely open space but were finally built over in 1873 (except for a small patch to the east of Throgmorton Avenue, now the gardens of Drapers' Hall) . The buildings standing within the boundary of the Drapers' Company property line on the west side of Throgmorton Avenue were demolished to make way for the Seifert Tower.
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