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Doorcase

Inscription

23/24 Gt. James Street, WC1
This early 18th Century doorcase was removed from no. 40 Great Ormond Street in the year 1965 by courtesy of the Board of Governors of the Hospital for Sick Children and restored by The Haslemere Group of Companies

This small brass plaque is attached to the panelling beside the door, near the bell-push.

Site: D L Sayers and her doorcase (2 memorials)

WC1, Great James Street, 23-24

Our photo of the house seems to have caught the local street sweepers convention.

Sayers described her flat here, as "a delightful set of three rooms". While living here she published her first novel "Whose Body?" which introduced Lord Peter Wimsey.

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Doorcase

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40 Great Ormond Street

An early 18th century house, demolished in 1965 with its doorcase being rescu...

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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Founded as The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to p...

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Doorcase

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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Founded as The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to p...

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Doorcase

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers

Unveiled by P.D. James in August 2000.

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