Commemorative plaque 41807

This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of Balcony House 18th century home of Humphrey Pitt of Priorslee Hall. Birthplace in 1760 of physician Thomas Beddoes who became professor of chemistry at Oxford University

Humphrey Pitt lived here in the 18th century; the site is also notable as the birthplace of Thomas Beddoes, a prominent physician and professor of chemistry at Oxford University.