Cicely Davies House, NW8

St Johns Wood tube station

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Cicely Davies House is one of five blocks of flats built for the St Marylebone Housing Association.

The block was constructed between 1945 and 1950, designed by the architect Louis de Soissons (1890–1962).

At Cicely Davies House there is a plaque commemorating its opening by the Association’s Patron, Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother).