Comments on: Frobisher Crescent at The Barbican http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/frobisher-crescent-at-the-barbican/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Halvard Halvorsen’s tumblelog » IanVisits » Frobisher Crescent at The Barbican (via londonist) http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/frobisher-crescent-at-the-barbican/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Halvard Halvorsen’s tumblelog » IanVisits » Frobisher Crescent at The Barbican (via londonist) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=852#comment-824 [...] IanVisits » Frobisher Crescent at The Barbican (via londonist) [...] [...] IanVisits » Frobisher Crescent at The Barbican (via londonist) [...]

]]> By: tiredoflondontiredoflife.com http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/frobisher-crescent-at-the-barbican/comment-page-1/#comment-823 tiredoflondontiredoflife.com Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:49:10 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=852#comment-823 Interesting stuff. You are certainly a lucky boy for getting to have a poke around... Interesting stuff.

You are certainly a lucky boy for getting to have a poke around…

]]> By: John Carnaby http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/frobisher-crescent-at-the-barbican/comment-page-1/#comment-819 John Carnaby Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:54:53 +0000 http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/?p=852#comment-819 It was very interesting to read this article. I worked on Barbican for some 12 years while it was being built and can remember when they decided not to have flats in Frobisher Crescent. I understood at the time that all the baths had been cast to the curve of the crescent and then were of no use to anyone and stored somewhere by the Corporation of London. I wonder if they still exist?? For a bit of history, Frobisher Crescent is built approximately on the site of the old Jewin Crescent that was completed around 1810. Besides warehouses etc there was the Jewin Chapel. The Chapel was used by the Welsh until 1879 when, due to the expence of residing in the City, they built another Church just outside in Fann Street (Islington), where it is to this day. The City boundary has since been altered (1994), it is back in the City again. It was very interesting to read this article. I worked on Barbican for some 12 years while it was being built and can remember when they decided not to have flats in Frobisher Crescent. I understood at the time that all the baths had been cast to the curve of the crescent and then were of no use to anyone and stored somewhere by the Corporation of London. I wonder if they still exist??
For a bit of history, Frobisher Crescent is built approximately on the site of the old Jewin Crescent that was completed around 1810. Besides warehouses etc there was the Jewin Chapel. The Chapel was used by the Welsh until 1879 when, due to the expence of residing in the City, they built another Church just outside in Fann Street (Islington), where it is to this day. The City boundary has since been altered (1994), it is back in the City again.

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