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...
Initially the only information we had about this poignant memorial came from Islington's Management Plan for the garden (2017 'page not f...
Designed by J H Evins. A Facebook contact gave us some additional information about the people mentioned here - see Ann Crump's entry fo...
The rope-framed roundel at the top carries the crest for the RBofK&C, and looks new compared with the rest of the plaque. We're guess...
In our photo Daniell's plaque on number 14 is nearest the camera.
This 1910 Town Hall is by Percy Robinson with W. Alban Jones. Sculpture is by Henry Poole. The 1939 eastern extension is by E. C. P. Monson.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
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