It was also here that she killed her much-loved and eponymous hero, in Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, a book which she kept locked in a bank vault for 30 years.ĭesigned by Canadian architect, Wells Coates, The Lawn Road Flats, now known as “The Isokon”, Britain’s first reinforced concrete apartment building, opened in 1934.
It was here in 1946 that she wrote the radio play which became The Mousetrap, the world’s longest-running stage play. The six years between 19 Christie spent living in the Hampstead flats, were amongst the most productive of her career. Although registered under her married name, Mrs Mallowan was perhaps better known as Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist of all time. Leafing through the Lawn Road Flats’ tenants’ list for the year 1941, a new entry appears for Flat 20: “Mr and Mrs Mallowan”. The Isokon Gallery’s Agatha Christie and the Modernist War Years exhibition runs until the end of October 2022.
