Erection date: 1996
Mervyn Peake, 1911-1968, author and artist lived here, 1960-1968.
English Heritage
SW10, Drayton Gardens, 1
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mervyn Peake
Artist and writer. Mervyn Laurence Peake was born on 9 July 1911 in Kuling, ...
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Mervyn Peake
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