Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Built in 1785 and originally known as College Place. Belair remained until 1938 a private residence. In 1947 the estate was leased by the Southwark Borough Council for sport and recreation and the house was completely renovated.
Historic Southwark
SE21, Gallery Road
The plaque is not on Belair House itself which is set a long way back, but on the gatehouse which is on the road.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Belair House
Country villa. Originally called College Place. In 1947 Southwark Council pur...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Belair House
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,76...
Vincent van Gogh, 1853 - 1890, painter, lived here 1873 - 1874.Greater London...
The names, given on the other plaque, are not Chinese (being Smith, etc.) so ...
