East India House, the London headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, was described thus in 1734: "The East India House, on the South Side of the Street, stands where Sir William Craven's House formerly was; this House was rebuilt in the Year 1726, the F...
The warehouse at Coopers Row, Tower Hill, was formerly called Brown's Yard. It was built in 1766-67 on the site of six houses previously leased by Beeston Long from the Chapter of St Catherine's Hospital. The East India Company purchased an assignment of Long's lease in December 1764 for £2,200 a...
House and warehouse in Bishopsgate Street leased by John Massingberd to John Tynte. [Massingberd held the position of treasurer to the East India Company 1644-53, having been active in the Company from an earlier date.]
In December 1804 the East India Company purchased a lease for 21 years on Hertford Castle from the Marquis of Salisbury. East India College opened at the Castle in February 1806 but the premises proved to be unsuitable and the Company decided to build a new College rather than undertake expensive...
HM Office of Works purchased properties for the new government buildings at Westminster under the terms of the Public Offices Extension Act 1859 and the Supplemental Public Offices Extension Act 1861. Part of this land was released to the Secretary of State for India as the site of the new India ...