Many thanks, David. That's no doubt what Buczacki was referring to. It's worth noting, however, that No. 27 is not a separate property. No. 27 was incorporated into No. 28 before the Blue Plaque was affixed (1985). Therefore, as the two houses are now one single property (and are being sold as such), the plaque isn't necessarily inaccurate.
Best, RHM ________________________________ From: 'David Freeman' via ChurchillChat <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> Sent: 10 February 2017 04:21 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 /<http://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/> Eleuthera, Bahamas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com<mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
