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Plaque

Sir John Barbirolli - Marchmont Street

Erection date: 18/11/2011

Inscription

Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli C. H. (1899 - 1970) conductor & cellist, lived in a house on this site, 1913 - 1929.
Marchmont Association

Site: Sir John Barbirolli - Marchmont Street (1 memorial)

WC1, Marchmont Street

Why, you ask, is this plaque attached to a low, free-standing, purpose-built pillar thing rather than to the building?  Because the building, The , grade II, and English Heritage refused permission for the plaque to be attached to it.   Strange, since throughout Bloomsbury there are many listed Georgian-style terrace houses with English Heritage plaques attached.  Perhaps the plaques are now seen as "traditional" and thought inappropriate for a modernist building.

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Sir John Barbirolli - Marchmont Street

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Sir John Barbirolli, C. H.

Conductor Laureate, Hallé Orchestra, and cellist.  Born Southampton Row, as G...

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Sir John Barbirolli - Marchmont Street

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Marchmont Association

Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...

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