Dame Henrietta Barnett, D.B.E., founder of The Hampstead Garden Suburb, lived here, 1915 - 1936.
Prior to the death of her husband in 1913, Dame Henrietta Barnett had been living with him at St Jude's Cottage at Spaniard's Inn. On his death she sold St Jude's and moved to South Square from where she continued to oversee the development of the Suburb, often being seen in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce.
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henrietta Barnett plaque
Founder of Henrietta Barnett School for Girls and Hampstead Garden Suburb. Th...
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia follo...
Designed by J. P. Gandy-Deering in 1830 as a non-conformist school in what was then known as Watkins Place. It later housing the Pimlico ...
The 'plaque' is to the right of the circular 'City Heritage Award' plaque.
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
City of Westminster Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film maker, lived here, 1927 - 1939.
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