Plaque: Dorothy L. Sayers
Erection date: 2000
English Heritage
Dorothy L Sayers, 1893 - 1957, writer of detective stories, lived here, 1921 - 1929.
Unveiled by P.D. James in August 2000.
Site: D L Sayers and her doorcase (2 memorials)
WC1, Great James Street, 23-24
Our photo of the house seems to have caught the local street sweepers convention.
Sayers described her flat at 24 Great James Street where she lived 1921-29, as "a delightful set of three rooms". While living here she published her first novel "Whose Body?" which introduced Lord Peter Whimsey.
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