Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected Virginia badly.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
52 Tavistock Square
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Leonard & Virginia Woolf - Tavistock Square
Virginia Woolf, 1882 - 1941, Leonard Woolf, 1880 - 1969, writers and publishe...
Virginia Woolf bust
Bronze copy of the bust of Woolf sculpted by Stephen Tomlin in 1931, on a fiv...
Other Subjects
Black Friars Lane buildings with keystones
This image from the London Picture Archive 38267 actually captures the keystone! Way over at the left 4 keystones can be seen. The LPA has a great zoom, use that and you can see that there are tw...
1 memorial
Pelham / Hobson's Place
Our map of 1837 shows a street called Pelham Street. Possibly this became Pelham Place and then Hobson's Place before being built over by the Greater London Council in 1966.
1 memorial
Sir James Carmichael, K.B.E.
Owned the building firm James Carmichael Ltd in Trinity Road Wandsworth Common. Director-General of Housing in England and Wales. He was a generous benefactor and in his lifetime gifted £40k to th...
1 memorial
New Change Buildings
A massive building, constructed 1953 - 60 by the architect Victor Heal. Our picture comes via Joe Blogs from PostWarBuildings, which has a lot to say about this building, and not much is compliment...
1 memorial
The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham
George Baxter's wife was living here in 1865 when he joined her and stayed until his death here in 1867.  By 1894 it had been renamed Leahurst.
1 memorial
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