Greater London Council
Thomas de Quincy, 1785 - 1859, wrote "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" in this house.
Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" on the plaque.
WC2, Tavistock Street, 36
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas de Quincey
Born Manchester. Author, best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eate...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas de Quincey
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
The two plaques are below the ground floor windows. They cannot be seen in our photo, obscured by the black section of the gates. Reading...
English Heritage Sir William Walton, 1902-1983, composer, lived here.
This building is listed Grade II: "Fire station and flats. 1903-4 by HFT Cooper of the Fire Brigade Branch of the London County Council A...
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for this photo.
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