Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
The plaque is around the corner in Dawes Street.
This plaque is made of a single piece of cast iron.
Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from G...
William Lindley 1808 - 1900, Sir William Heerlein Lindley 1853 - 1917, civil engineers, lived here. English Heritage
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