Erection date: 2000
Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, 1830 - 1908, first chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade lived here, 1878 - 1891.
English Heritage
SE1, Southwark Bridge Road, 94, Winchester House
This building was part of the complex London Fire Brigade's HQ and Training Centre.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Eyre Massey Shaw
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