Plaque

Goodenough House

Inscription

{Carved on the wall to the left of the front door:}
The Lord Mayor's National Thanksgiving Fund, 1950, gave and endowed this building.

Carved on the wall to the right of the front door:
"William Goodenough House, 1957
Goodenough College"

Site: Goodenough House (1 memorial)

WC1, Mecklenburgh Square, Goodenough House

This building replaced houses destroyed or badly damaged by WW2 bombs, one of which forced Virginia Woolf to vacate.

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Goodenough College

This is not a college but an organisation that provides residential accommoda...

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