Sir Charles Wheeler P.R.A., 1892-1975, lived here.
SW3, Old Church Street, 49
The white stone below the plaque is inscribed 'Hereford Buildings 1878'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Wheeler
Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active...
A delightful and unusual plaque in the cove of the lovely Georgian doorway. However its claim to housing celebrities is suspect. British ...
Bob Speel informs that this roundel was designed by Lethaby and modelled by Thornycroft.
The incident commemorated takes place in the first Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlett" published in 1887. See the plaque at the C...
The original buildings of Dulwich College, founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn as a school and almshouses. The Almshouses continue in use b...
Percy Lane Oliver, 1878 - 1944, founder of the first voluntary blood donor service, lived and worked here. Greater London Council
{On the plinth - front:} The great detective. {On the plinth - left:} This statue, commissioned by the Sherlock Holmes Society of Lond...
Author and Shakespearian scholar. Born in Enfield, at the school run by his father, Reverend John Clarke. John Keats was a pupil at the school for about 7 years (1803-10). Charles taught him and e...
The Criterion Restaurant is on the ground floor with the entrance at the left of our photo. The meeting at the Criterion took place on N...
The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from the Historic England website.
Born in London. Notable works: Regent Street, Royal Opera Arcade and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Much of his work was for the Prince Regent but we've heard that Mrs Nash gave birth to an illegiti...
