Erection date: 1993
Sean O'Casey, 1880 - 1964, playwright, lived here at flat No 49.
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SW11, Prince of Wales Drive, 49 Overstrand Mansions
Jeanne Rathbone has posted about O'Casey and his time in Battersea, with extracts from his Autobiography.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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