A respected British investment banker and financier, Christopher Michael Pan has undertaken property development throughout London. With a particular focus on historical buildings, Christopher Michael Pan oversees all aspects of project management and has worked on several noteworthy Georgian and Victorian properties.
2. A respected British investment banker and financier,
Christopher Michael Pan has undertaken property
development throughout London. With a particular focus on
historical buildings, Christopher Michael Pan oversees all
aspects of project management and has worked on several
noteworthy Georgian and Victorian properties.
Overshadowed by the more elaborate architectural styles that
followed in an era of rapid expansion, London retains a few
examples of architecture that predate the Great Fire of 1666.
This conflagration spread quickly among tightly packed
wooden structures and destroyed an estimated 13,000 houses
and nearly 100 churches, including St Paul’s Cathedral.
3. Prominent surviving buildings include The Olde Wine Shades,
which was near the epicenter of the fire on Pudding Lane.
Featuring a historic smugglers tunnel that reaches the
Thames River, the wine bar was a favorite 19th century pub
haunt of Charles Dickens.
Another exceptional piece of history is the timber-framed St.
Bartholomew’s Gatehouse, which was constructed in 1595
and features stonework associated with the St. Bartholomew’s
Priory nave, which dates back to the 13th century.
Safeguarded from fire by the massive priory walls, the timber
facade was supplanted by Georgian-era frontage until the
original gatehouse was revealed by structural damage
sustained during World War I. The present restoration took
place in the early 1930s.