Erection date: /1/2018
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965
Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 - 1923
"To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
City of Westminster
W1, Wyndham Place, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris...
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W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The inscription is carved into the stone and the date appears to read 1082 but the spacing is wrong, so some unknown event has corrupted ...
Sir William Addison (1905 - 1992) author, jurist and historian, ran a bookshop here. Loughton Town Council 1999
West Brompton Station opened by Glenda Jackson MP, Minister for Transport in London, 1st June 1999.
Clarendon Arch is the oldest surviving structure on the New River, but our visit was spoilt by the gate being locked. Thus: our poor pho...
An influential group of artists and writers who were friends during the first half of the 20th century. Our picture shows: Auberon Duckworth; Duncan Grant; Julian Bell; Leonard Woolf, and front: Vi...
This house was listed in the 2017 Open House event but disappointingly, by 2019, this link has died. We've taken this opportunity to gat...
We found this photo of the plaque at Blue Plaque Places, which doesn't seem to exist anymore, so we hope they don't mind us using it. Ala...
Site of St Leonard’s Church, destroyed in the Great Fire, 1666. The Corporation of the City of London
Sculptor. Born Grosvenor Square. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. His son, with the same name was also a successful sculptor. Died at home at 14 South Audley Street.
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