Nonsuch House

Nonsuch House
   On the seventh and eighth arches from the Southwark end of Old London Bridge. Perhaps the most beautiful and highly decorated of the houses there.
   Said to have been made in Holland and set up on the Bridge by means of screws, no hammers, etc., being employed in its erection.
   Removed with the other houses in the 18th century.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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