Erection date: 21/5/2012
J. Arthur Rank, 1888 - 1972, industrialist and film producer worked here. English Heritage.
W1, South Street, 38, Aberconway House
Built 1922, architect: John Murray Easton.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
J. Arthur Rank
Flour miller and film-maker. Born Joseph Arthur Rank at Chestnut Villas, Hold...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
J. Arthur Rank
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
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