Sir Edward Elgar lived in a house on this site, 1911 - 1921. Here he composed The Music Makers, Falstaff, The Spirit of England.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44
The Elgars called this home Severn House, to remember the Worcestershire countryside. have a photo and floor plan of the house and a suggestion that it was designed by Richard Norman Shaw.
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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
Born in Broadheath, near Worcester. Â First moved to London on his marriage in...
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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering ...
Why, you ask, is this plaque attached to a low, free-standing, purpose-built pillar thing rather than to the building? Â Because the build...
Fred Perry, 1909 - 1995, tennis champion, lived here, 1919 - 1935. English Heritage
Thanks to our colleague Alan Patient for providing this photo.
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The Biblical quotation at the end of the inscription is from 1 John 3:16. This is a very unusual style for a WW1 memorial and we think i...
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