Sir Henry Irving laid the coping stone of this building 1905.
W1, Wardour Street, 41
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping stones, symbolically the first and last stones in the construction of a house.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Actor-manager. Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset. Brought up in near pover...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wong Kei Restaurant - Henry Irving
Sarah Bernhardt laid the foundation stone of this building 1904.
Willy Clarkson, 1861 - 1934, theatrical wigmaker, lived and died here. London...
English Heritage Sir Frederick Treves, 1853 - 1923, surgeon, lived here, 1886 - 1907.
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This gig probably came about because the band's bass player at the time, Glen Matlock, was studying at the art school. Also in 2016 The G...
{In the scroll at the top, French for 'My faith in God':} Ma foi en dieu. This stone, the first in the new street, was laid by Robert E...
2019: The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group tell us that this plaque was installed in 2002/3 before they had established th...
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