Erection date: 1980
Inscription
George Orwell, 1903 - 1950, novelist and political essayist, lived here.
Greater London Council
Orwell lodged here for a short time, during which he had a punch-up with another lodger who came home drunk. It is possible that Orwell was not entirely sober.
Site: Orwell - Kentish Town (1 memorial)
NW5, Lawford Road, 50
2024: OnLondon reported on a disagreement between English Heritage and the Orwell Society: "... about the inspiration for Willowbed Road, the north west London street where Gordon Comstock, the stubborn, self-pitying idealist of {Keep the Aspidistra Flying} lives at the start of the story: the former claims it was 50 Lawford Road ...; the latter says it was Willoughby Road in Belsize Park."
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