Erection date: 28/9/2013
Cyril Mann, 1911 - 1980, painter and sculptor, lived and worked here, 1956 - 1964.
London Borough of Islington - Islington People's Plaque
Mann lived here in a very small flat, only 500sq ft. But it had superb light for his work.
WC1, Cruickshank Street, Bevin Court
Bevin Court was designed by Berthold Lubetkin's Tecton in 1954.  has some photos of the splendid staircase.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cyril Mann
Painter and sculptor. Â Born London but brought up in Nottingham. Â Despite a s...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cyril Mann
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
There is another identical plaque (not photgraphed) on the other side of the viaduct, to the right.
This memorial originally comprised the two low marble plaques with the display stand between and a rather nice little fountain behind. O...
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the building. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1913, WW1 got in the way, and the bu...
A large storage unit partially obscures the plaque.
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
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