Belgravia in City of Westminster in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 27, 2026
1. Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West Marker
Harold Nicholson
1886-1968
Vita Sackville-West
1892-1962
Writers and Gardeners
lived here
Erected 1993 by English Heritage.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Horticulture & Forestry • Women.
Location. 51° 29.482′ N, 0° 9.155′ W. Marker is in City of Westminster, England, in Greater London. It is in Belgravia. It is on Ebury Street north of Bourn Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 182 Ebury Street, City of Westminster, England SW1W, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (a few steps from this marker); The History of Orange Square / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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1. Vita Sackville-West (Wikipedia). Overview:
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (nιe Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.(Submitted on April 17, 2026.)
Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, and in 1933 for her Collected Poems. She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her friend and lover Virginia Woolf.
She wrotea column in The Observer from 1946 to 1961 and is remembered for the celebrated garden at Sissinghurst in Kent, created with her husband, Sir Harold Nicolson.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 27, 20262. Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West Marker
2. Harold Nicolson (Wikipedia). Overview:
Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG (21 November 1886 1 May 1968) was a British politician, writer, broadcaster and gardener. His wife was Vita Sackville-West.(Submitted on April 17, 2026.)
3. Sackville-West, Vita (1892-1962) & Nicolson, Harold (1886-1968) (English Heritage). Excerpt:
Nicolson and Sackville-West moved in 182 Ebury Street in 1914 after the architect Edwin Lutyens combined numbers 180 and 182 into one house. The house belonged to Vita's mother, Victoria, Lady Sackville (1862-1936). It was here and at their country retreat, Long Barn, Kent that both husband and wife laid the foundations of their literary careers: Harold with Paul Verlaine (1921) the first of his six literary biographies and Vita with her first novel, Heritage (1919), and the poem The Land (1926). I became quite sociable, Vita later recalled, and reckoned this time the only period in my life when I achieved anything like popularity.(Submitted on April 17, 2026.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2026, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
