Dear all,
Renewed thanks for this "old" photograph and for clearing the question of
the "inaccuracy". I was puzzled, finding nothing wrong with the plaque - I
had not thought about the No. 27 / 28 ambiguity !
By the way, the estate agents' site has more photographs of the garden, and
a very detailed plan of the property :
http://www.struttandparker.com/properties/hyde-park-gate-kensington-london-sw7
Scroll down until you reach "Download brochure".
Unfortunately the plan does not show the former "party wall" between No. 27
& No. 28. Presumably the bedroom where Churchill died would now be the
Dining Room on the right (24' x17'9") ?
The property is now on offer for £23m. Is the selling price in 1965 known ?
It would be interesting to see the rate of inflation in London real estate
prices since then !
Best wishes to all,
A.C.
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From: 'David Freeman' via ChurchillChat
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 5:21 AM
To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Churchill's last London home : thanks
Colleagues:
The blue plaque at 28 Hyde Park Gate reads "Sir Winston Churchill KG,
1874–1965, Prime Minister, lived and died here."
It is the penultimate word that is inaccurate. What actually happened is
this:
After settling into #28, the Churchill's found their household operations
growing to the point that more room was required. The family then acquired
the adjoining property at #27, and the two residents were connected. When
Churchill himself became extremely old and could no longer manage stairs, a
bedroom was established for him on the ground floor of #27. It was in THIS
room that he died. Thus Churchill did NOT die at 28 Hyde Park Gate but at
the house next door, that is #27.
After her husband's death, Lady Churchill moved out, and the two properties
were once again separated before being sold off.
So for strict historical accuracy, there should perhaps be two blue plaques:
one at # 28 that simply says "Sir Winston Churchill lived here" and one at
#27 that reads "Sir Winston Churchill died here."
KBO,
David Freeman
On Thursday, February 9, 2017 6:44 PM, Richard Langworth
<rich...@langworth.name> wrote:
On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 3:07:57 PM UTC-5, Antoine Capet wrote:
Mary Soames mentions the back garden as one of the features of
the property which so pleased the family, but I had never seen any
photographs of it.
Antoine,
Attached garden photo is from the estate agent (Knight, Frank & Rutley)
brochure when HPG it was put up for sale after WSC's death.
Years ago I reproduced this very elaborate illustrated document as an ICS
publication, so copies may be around
Best
R
Richard M Langworth
Senior Fellow, Hillsdale Colleg
e Churchill Project
winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu /
Eleuthera, Bahamas
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