Plaque

Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Inscription

Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.
L.C.C. 

Site: Besant & Gaitskell (2 memorials)

NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18

This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at OOCities. The Underground Map says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.

Steve Tatum's Flickr has a c.1895 photo of this house and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

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Sir Walter Besant

Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...

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London County Council

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Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell, 1906 - 1963, statesman lived here. Greater London Council 

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