Plaque: Pithers of Mortiner Street
1914 - 1915
This building, designed by Francis Léon Pither, erected by Ernest Eugene Pither to honour the memory of Sophia Elizabeth Pither, née Bézier.
{On the wall below the plaque, separate from it:}
F. M. Elgood, FRIBA
So who did design this building, F. L. Pither or Elgood? We can find no reference to any other buildings by Pither but there are a few down to Elgood. Perhaps Elgood was the architect and Pither designed the decorative elements, which are lovely.
Site: Pithers of Mortiner Street (1 memorial)
W1, Mortimer Street, 36, Radiant House
This plaque is in the lobby at the left-hand end of the building. Lovely buildings like this sometimes make us wish we had set up a whole different website, about London's architecture, especially when we fail to find out much about the subjects on the memorials, as here. Rocker Ages found a census return which confirms that Francis and Ernest were Sophie's sons. And then, 2014, London Details did a whole detailed (obvs.) post on this building and the Pithers.
