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[td]== History ==[/td] [td][[File:41 rotherhithe street 1947.png|thumb|The building (centre) on 1947 aerial photography. Bombsite to the west (left), Lombard Street to the south and Rotherhithe Street, now closed, running east-west.]][/td]
[td][[File:41 rotherhithe street 1947.png|thumb|The building (centre) on 1947 aerial photography. Bombsite to the west (left), Lombard Street to the south and Rotherhithe Street, now closed, running east-west.]][/td] [td]The house was formerly sandwiched between two warehouses located near to a number of slums and docks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovell |first1=Mary S. |title=The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-0-7481-0921-0 |pages=137-138 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mitford_Girls/2oZ2mxtiCy0C |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The house was formerly sandwiched between two warehouses located near to a number of slums and docks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovell |first1=Mary S. |title=The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-0-7481-0921-0 |pages=137-138 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mitford_Girls/2oZ2mxtiCy0C |language=en}}</ref> By the 1930s the house was owned by writer [[Arthur Calder-Marshall]], when he moved to Hollywood in June 1937 Calder-Marshall passed ownership to fellow author [[Roger Roughton]].<ref name=ingram>{{cite book |last1=Ingram |first1=Kevin |title=Rebel: The Short Life of Esmond Romilly |date=1985 |publisher=E.P. Dutton |isbn=978-0-525-24378-6 |page=167 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Rebel/W8MZAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Roughton occupied the second and third storeys of the property and rented the top floor to [[Jessica Mitford]] and her husband [[Esmond Romilly]] for Β£2 a month.<ref name=ingram/><ref name=mitford/> They intended to use the property to host games of [[Twenty-one (card game)|Twenty-one]], with a view to profiting from gambling and remained tenants until 1939.<ref name=mitford>{{cite book |last1=Mitford |first1=Jessica |title=Hons and Rebels: The Mitford Family Memoir |date=7 July 2016 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-4746-0537-3 |pages=177-178 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hons_and_Rebels/7NNIDAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name=bbc2/> Together with some neighbouring properties it became the centre of a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] scene.<ref name=ingram/>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td][[File:Ex Braithwaite and Deans offices - geograph.org.uk - 1461826.jpg|thumb|South and west elevations viewed from Fulford Street in 2007]][/td] [td]Roughton had acquired the house from fellow writer [[Arthur Calder-Marshall]] when he moved to Hollywood in June 1937, Roughton occupied the second and third storeys and rented the top floor to Mitford and Esmond. Together with some neighbouring properties it became the centre of a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] scene.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ingram |first1=Kevin |title=Rebel: The Short Life of Esmond Romilly |date=1985 |publisher=E.P. Dutton |isbn=978-0-525-24378-6 |page=167 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Rebel/W8MZAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]In her autobiography [[Jessica Mitford]] described renting the seven-room, four-storey house from writer Roger Roughton for Β£2 a month in her autobiography. Her husband, [[Esmond Romilly]], had intended to use the house to host [[Twenty-one (card game)|Twenty-one]] games.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitford |first1=Jessica |title=Hons and Rebels: The Mitford Family Memoir |date=7 July 2016 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-4746-0537-3 |pages=177-178 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hons_and_Rebels/7NNIDAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]Occupied by Mitford and Romilly from 1937 to 1939. <ref name=bbc2/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]the properties to the west were destroyed during the Blitz. <ref name=bbc1/>[/td]
[td]the properties to the west were destroyed during the Blitz. <ref name=bbc1/>[/td]
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[/td][td]== History ==[/td] [td][[File:41 rotherhithe street 1947.png|thumb|The building (centre) on 1947 aerial photography. Bombsite to the west (left), Lombard Street to the south and Rotherhithe Street, now closed, running east-west.]][/td]
[td][[File:41 rotherhithe street 1947.png|thumb|The building (centre) on 1947 aerial photography. Bombsite to the west (left), Lombard Street to the south and Rotherhithe Street, now closed, running east-west.]][/td] [td]The house was formerly sandwiched between two warehouses located near to a number of slums and docks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovell |first1=Mary S. |title=The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-0-7481-0921-0 |pages=137-138 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mitford_Girls/2oZ2mxtiCy0C |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The house was formerly sandwiched between two warehouses located near to a number of slums and docks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovell |first1=Mary S. |title=The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family |date=4 September 2008 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-0-7481-0921-0 |pages=137-138 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mitford_Girls/2oZ2mxtiCy0C |language=en}}</ref> By the 1930s the house was owned by writer [[Arthur Calder-Marshall]], when he moved to Hollywood in June 1937 Calder-Marshall passed ownership to fellow author [[Roger Roughton]].<ref name=ingram>{{cite book |last1=Ingram |first1=Kevin |title=Rebel: The Short Life of Esmond Romilly |date=1985 |publisher=E.P. Dutton |isbn=978-0-525-24378-6 |page=167 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Rebel/W8MZAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Roughton occupied the second and third storeys of the property and rented the top floor to [[Jessica Mitford]] and her husband [[Esmond Romilly]] for Β£2 a month.<ref name=ingram/><ref name=mitford/> They intended to use the property to host games of [[Twenty-one (card game)|Twenty-one]], with a view to profiting from gambling and remained tenants until 1939.<ref name=mitford>{{cite book |last1=Mitford |first1=Jessica |title=Hons and Rebels: The Mitford Family Memoir |date=7 July 2016 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-4746-0537-3 |pages=177-178 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hons_and_Rebels/7NNIDAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref name=bbc2/> Together with some neighbouring properties it became the centre of a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] scene.<ref name=ingram/>[/td] [td][/td]
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[td][[File:Ex Braithwaite and Deans offices - geograph.org.uk - 1461826.jpg|thumb|South and west elevations viewed from Fulford Street in 2007]][/td] [td]Roughton had acquired the house from fellow writer [[Arthur Calder-Marshall]] when he moved to Hollywood in June 1937, Roughton occupied the second and third storeys and rented the top floor to Mitford and Esmond. Together with some neighbouring properties it became the centre of a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] scene.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ingram |first1=Kevin |title=Rebel: The Short Life of Esmond Romilly |date=1985 |publisher=E.P. Dutton |isbn=978-0-525-24378-6 |page=167 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Rebel/W8MZAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]In her autobiography [[Jessica Mitford]] described renting the seven-room, four-storey house from writer Roger Roughton for Β£2 a month in her autobiography. Her husband, [[Esmond Romilly]], had intended to use the house to host [[Twenty-one (card game)|Twenty-one]] games.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitford |first1=Jessica |title=Hons and Rebels: The Mitford Family Memoir |date=7 July 2016 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-4746-0537-3 |pages=177-178 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hons_and_Rebels/7NNIDAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td] [td]Occupied by Mitford and Romilly from 1937 to 1939. <ref name=bbc2/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]the properties to the west were destroyed during the Blitz. <ref name=bbc1/>[/td]
[td]the properties to the west were destroyed during the Blitz. <ref name=bbc1/>[/td]
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