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Plaque

St George and St Giles Parish Schools

Erection date: 1879

Inscription

Built A.D. 1879 for the children of the schools of the united parishes of St. Giles in the Fields & St. George Bloomsbury in lieu of the original building in Museum St. 

Site: St George and St Giles Parish Schools (1 memorial)

WC1, Little Russell Street, 27

On the floor above, directly above the plaque, is a statue of a lady struggling to preserve her modesty - probably not the statue that was there when the building was a school.

The does not comment on the statue but gives the architect as Joseph Peacock.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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