Sir Henry Irving laid the coping stone of this building 1905.
W1, Wardour Street, 41
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping stones, symbolically the first and last stones in the construction of a house.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near pover...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Sarah Bernhardt laid the foundation stone of this building 1904.
Willy Clarkson, 1861 - 1934, theatrical wigmaker, lived and died here. London...
The house was known as Water House when the Morrises moved in, after the death of the father of the family. Frank Lloyd (Edward's son) g...
De Gaulle lived here with his family, September 1942-44 (though these dates vary slightly depending on source). See Musee de la Resistan...
Our visit coincided with a small exhibition about the history of the site. An information panel provided: “Underneath City University of ...
British History Online gives: "Percy Bysshe Shelley {} took lodgings at No. 26 as a tenant of Thomas Lillo on 9th November, 1814. Shelley...
