Erection date: 1959
Kenneth Grahame, 1859 - 1932, author of 'The Wind in the Willows" lived here, 1901 - 8.
London County Council
W8, Phillimore Place, 16
This street was called Durham Villas in Grahame's time. This was his London home when his son was born and while "The Wind in the Willows" was being written, though the family spent a lot of time at their other home in Cookham Dene.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Kenneth Grahame
Written by Kenneth Grahame, much of it based on a series of letters to he wro...
Author. Born Edinbugh. Aged 5 lost his mother and was brought up in England b...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Kenneth Grahame
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