Sir Noel Coward, 1899 - 1973, actor, playwright and songwriter, born here.
English Heritage
TW1, Waldegrave Road, 131
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says Coward was born at number 5. This house is the end house in a terrace of 7 so we can't see how it could ever have been numbered 5. But it's an EH plaque so we trust they have identified the right house.
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Sir Noel Coward - TW1
Actor, playwright, composer, film director, author, singer. Born Helmsdale, 5...
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Sir Noel Coward - TW1
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
English Heritage Sir Arthur Bliss, 1891 - 1975, composer, lived here, 1929 - 1939.
The plaque is in the rear courtyard/garden of Hughes Mansions.
The quotation is one of several variations on the same theme. Possible originators include Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincol...
High on the front, at the left is the Sunday Schools plaque, and on the right the Memorial School plaque. The McArthur stone is low on th...
For 20 years vice-consul of the United States.
This tree was planted in 1953 the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Millais helped found the Tate Gallery in the building behind. Peter Duby points out that this statue is unusual in that it incorporate...
"Johnners", For nearly fifty years he was the voice of cricket on BBC television and radio. Born Hertfordshire. Died London.
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