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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