Sir Alec Guinness in recognition of his unique contribution to British cinema.
Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996.
In association with the British Film Institute.
WC2, Upper St Martin's Lane, Guild House
The building is offices for Equity, the actor's union.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Alec Guinness - WC2
Actor. Born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, as...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Alec Guinness - WC2
In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centena...
Tallow Chandlers Hall The Company has occupied this site since 1476.
Lord Hugh Jenkins, 1908 - 2004, Putney MP, 1964- 1979, Minister for the Arts, lived at Kenilworth Court. The Putney Society
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
At British History On-line we read that it closed in 1923, not 1915 as per the plaque.
Greater London Council Walter Sickert, 1860 - 1942, painter and etcher, lived and worked here.
In the photo you can see 3 stone plaques on this wall. The low, middle one is weather-worn into illegibility. Lowe's tree is at the centr...
This plaque is on the front of this building, over to the left (out of our picture) in the mirror position of the foundation stone. Newl...
Delightful building, isn't it?
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