Plaque

Benjamin Britten - SW5

Erection date: 2001

Inscription

Benjamin Britten O.M.,1913-1976, composer, lived here 1931-1933.
English Heritage

Site: Benjamin Britten - SW5 (1 memorial)

SW5, Cromwell Road, 173

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - SW5

Subjects commemorated i

Benjamin Britten

Composer. Born Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music). Royal C...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Benjamin Britten - SW5

Created by i

Nearby Memorials

Sir Simon Milton plaque

Sir Simon Milton plaque

W1, Piccadilly, One Eagle Place

Unveiled by Boris Johnson.

1 subject commemorated
Hammersmith Socialists

Hammersmith Socialists

W6, Upper Mall, 26, Kelmscott House

The inscription is a quote from William Morris's 1890 "News from Nowhere", in which the narrator, William Guest, the previous day having ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Pierre Cérésole

Pierre Cérésole

NW6, Maygrove Road, Maygrove Peace Park

The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the at...

1 subject commemorated
Rabbi Leo Baeck

Rabbi Leo Baeck

NW4, Watford Way, Colmore Court

Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, 1873 - 1956, theologian, teacher and philosopher, lived here, 1945 - 1956. Erected by the Association of Jewish Refug...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott - W2

W2, Clarendon Place, Chester House

Designed for himself by Scott, this neo-Georgian building won the 1928 RIBA architectural medal, displayed at the centre of the first flo...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator