The Building Act 1774 (formally known as the Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act 1774) was an Act passed in 1774 by the Parliament of Great Britain to consolidate...
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Peel came into force. The Building Act 1774, which imposed restrictions on exterior decoration, was also known as the Black Act. Following the 1720 South...
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Quartering Acts (redirect from Quartering Act of 1774)
houses, out-houses, barns, or other buildings, as he shall think necessary to be taken... — Quartering Act 1774 The act expired on 24 March 1776. During...
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Marylebone Road in the north. Gwynn influenced the drafting of the Building Act 1774 which improved standards of materials and workmanship – Bedford Square...
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that no buildings were to exceed five storeys. The Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, also known as the Building Act 1774, placed buildings into seven...
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particular act was passed. The seventh session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, which met from 13 January 1774 until 22 June 1774. Land Tax Act 1774 (14...
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Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (category 1774 establishments in the British Empire)
founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862,...
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Grosvenor Square (redirect from Grosvenor Square (Paving, etc.) Act 1774)
a public space for everyone's enjoyment, through the Roosevelt Memorial Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 83). It was then managed by the Royal Parks until...
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Intolerable Acts (category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1774)
Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax...
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St Mary's Church, Battersea (redirect from Battersea Parish Church Act 1774)
worshipped at the site continuously since around 800 AD. It is a Grade I listed building for its combined heritage and architectural merit. St. Mary's is among...
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