Erection date: 1996
Inscription
Ian Fleming, 1908-1964, creator of James Bond, lived here.
English Heritage
Site: Ian Fleming + Pimlico Grammar School (2 memorials)
SW1, Ebury Street, 22
Designed by J. P. Gandy-Deering in 1830 as a non-conformist school in what was then known as Watkins Place. It later housing the Pimlico Literary Institution. In about 1930 the building was divided into 4 flats, now called 'studios'. ‘Ian Fleming’ by Andrew Lycett says that Fleming took over the lease of 22b from Sir Oswald Mosley. This was the top half of the “chapel like interior”. He moved in c.1936.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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