Erection date: 1995
Lord Reith, 1889 - 1971, first Director-General of the BBC, lived here, 1924 - 1930.
English Heritage
SW1, Barton Street, 6
The plaque is located on the side of the building in Cowley Street.
2024: The Daily Mail reports that the house is for sale, with lots of photos.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Reith - SW1
Also known as the BBC or more affectionately, the Beeb. Founded as the Briti...
First Director-General of the BBC. Born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. At 6' 6"...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Lord Reith - SW1
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
2012: This building no longer exists (demolished apparently in 2007) and last time we looked had been replaced with a building site. We h...
2013: The ground floor is occupied by the Shooting Star pub, the upper floors are residential.
In 1912 this doorstep was the site of an assassination attempt. Henry arrived home to be met by a gunman, a disgruntled cab driver who'd...
The ACLL plaque is on the wall to the left, hidden by the wall-mounted No Entry sign. Note: despite their appearance, neither of these t...
The two pastors are Lewis, the first, and, Allon, the one that oversaw the erection of this building. This plaque was probably added sho...
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