Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 173,156 pages of information and 249,770 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
The house derived its name from Baron Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton (later Viscount Portal), who served as Minister of Works during World War II.
Architect Francis Reginald Stevens (1906-1962)
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