Plaque

Festival of Britain - Churchill Gardens

Photograph by: London Remembers

Erection date: 1951

Inscription

Festival of Britain, 1951, Award for Merit.

See a similar plaque in N7 for information about them.

Site: Festival of Britain - Churchill Gardens (1 memorial)

SW1, Churchill Gardens Road, Shelley House

From Municipal Dreams: "The first four blocks completed towards the eastern edge of the Estate – Chaucer, Coleridge, Keats and Shelley Houses – in 1950 won Festival of Britain Architectural Awards." This made us think there would be a plaque on each of the 4 buildings but we searched and found only one, on Shelley House. Municipal Dreams is an excellent source for information about the architecture of this estate.

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