Erection date: 1899
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, poetess, afterwards wife of Robert Browning, lived here, 1838 - 1846.
'Barrett Barrett' was indeed her maiden name (ensuring one's inheritance sometimes required abnormal naming commitments). The text and sentiment of this plaque seems particularly non-PC to the modern ear.
W1, Wimpole Street, 50
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning plaque
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861, poet, lived in a house on this site,...
The bronze of the plaque is so dulled that it does not photo well, all except this somewhat distressed enameled insignia.
Greater London Council George Dance the younger, 1741 - 1825, architect lived and died here.
The 1830 map has the Duffield Sluice marked on the river bank just to the north-west of this building, where there is now a patch of gree...
The (unhelpfully brick-coloured) plaque is to the bottom left of the small upstairs window. Perhaps that was his bedroom.
