Plaque

Leonard and Virginia Woolf

Photograph by: London Remembers

Erection date: 1976

Inscription

In this house Leonard and Virginia Woolf lived, 1915 - 1924, and founded the Hogarth Press 1917.
Greater London Council

Site: Leonard and Virginia Woolf (1 memorial)

TW9, Paradise Road, 34, Hogarth House

2017: The house is up for sale so the Telegraph has an article about its history with some photos of the interior. To sell it has been split into two houses: "The left house is called 'Leonard', and the right, 'Virginia'".

2022: It's for sale again.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Leonard and Virginia Woolf

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Hogarth Press

Publishing house founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. It grew from a hobby ...

Leonard Woolf

Author and publisher. Born Leonard Sidney Woolf in Kensington. After working ...

Virginia Woolf

Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in Hyde Park Gate, London. Drowned herself i...

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Leonard and Virginia Woolf

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Greater London Council

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