Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.
L.C.C.
NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18
This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at . The says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.
Steve Tatum's Flickr has a and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
The AAGBI's website provides: "On 19 December 1846, Francis Boott, an American botanist who had heard the news from Boston, watched denta...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, in front of the child stepping out of the water feature.
Conrad moved here following his discharge from the German Hospital. 2021: The house is for sale so the agents have done some digging: "I...
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