Erection date: 1997
Benjamin Britten, composer, 1913 - 1976, and Peter Pears, singer, 1910 - 1986, lived and worked here, 1943 - 1946.
City of Westminster
In association with the Britten - Pears Foundation 1997
NW8, St John's Wood High Street, 45
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - NW8
Composer. Born Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music). Royal C...
Tenor singer. Born Farnham. Lived with Benjamin Britten, who composed for hi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - NW8
From the website: "We promote the music of Benjamin Britten and his work with...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
This church bears a blue plaque, to the far left, and two pink boards on which the text is becoming difficult to read. That to the right ...
Victorian London has a wonderful contemporary description of the ice pit. In 1895 this Gatti ice house was taken over by a toy manufactur...
The development of the southern side of Great Queen Street is complex: it's a story of overlapping rebuildings and extensions to the Free...
The Covid-19 pandemic meant the unveiling ceremony took place on Facebook.
English Heritage François Guizot, 1787-1874, French politician and historian, lived here, 1848-1849.
Across the other side of the garden there is a poem about the square by Andrew Motion carved such that it is as much a sculpture as a poe...
MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Probably the same person as the Councillor T. M. McGiff, J.P. who was on the East Ham Corporation Public Health Commi...
Westminster City Council In recognition of Westminster's councillors and officers and the civil and emergency services for their actions...
"London County Council"? We don't think so. A Sir Tom Baker has a bespoke tailoring business around the corner at 4 D’Arblay Street, wher...
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