On this site stood Fallow Cottage, the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and famous clown, 1778 - 1837.
The Finchley Society
N12, Graywood Court, 5
There is another plaque to Grimaldi's home very close by.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court
Pantomime clown appearing at Sadler's Wells, Drury Lane and Covent Garden the...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court
Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open ...
Tony Meehan, 1943 - 2005, founder member of The Shadows, lived here 1977 - 2005. The Heritage Foundation
St Luke's feast day is 18 October. It's very possible that the text we can't quite read identifies Shattock as a churchwarden along with ...
April 2016: Our colleague Alan Patient reports that this plaque is now lost, or, at the very least hidden, behind the large "White Space...
The original UCL, built 1825 - 1832, comprised this quad and its buildings, by the architect William Wilkins (1778 -1839).
It is thought that the rather exotic trees, Australian bottlebrush, in this road are a nod to the Antipodean connection.
