Bloomsbury House - Friedrich Froebel
WC1, Bloomsbury Square, 2-3
Bloomsbury House was built in 1887 for the College of Preceptors.  Designed by by F. Pinches it is Listed Grade 1.  The College, now call...
1 subject commemorated
Bloomsbury House - Johann Pestalozzi
WC1, Bloomsbury Square, 2-3
Bloomsbury House was built in 1887 for the College of Preceptors.  Designed by by F. Pinches it is Listed Grade 1.  The College, now call...
1 subject commemorated
Sir John Cass - Charity boy - bust
EC3, Jewry Street, 31
Building by A. W. Cooksey, 1900. The small busts of the charity children recall the statues which flanked the original Cass statue in its...
1 subject commemorated
Sir John Cass - Charity girl - bust
EC3, Jewry Street, 31
Building by A. W. Cooksey, 1900. The small busts of the charity children recall the statues which flanked the original Cass statue in its...
1 subject commemorated
Paul Reuter bust
EC4, Royal Exchange Buildings
This style of bust, called a herm bust, originated in ancient Greece. Oddly, male genitalia are sometimes carved on the plain section, in...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Tot Ct Road Head 2
W1, Tottenham Court Road, 220 - 224 (Next Home)
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
Tot Ct Road Head 3
W1, Tottenham Court Road, 220 - 224 (Next Home)
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
Tot Ct Road Head 1
W1, Tottenham Court Road, 220 - 224 (Next Home)
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
Robert Devereux bust
WC2, Devereux Court
This bust was brought to our attention by Discovering London, where its claim to carry the oldest inscription in London is debunked. Â The...
1 subject commemorated
Rabindranath Tagore bust
WC1, Gordon Square, Garden
The poem is from 'Song Offerings' by Tagore. Written in Bengali, he created the English version himself so we guess the plaque is indeed ...
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
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