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V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street

V2 rocket - Charterhouse Street

EC1, Charterhouse Street, 33, J. J. Mack Building

In 2022 Pavlos Clifton, Head of Development at Bywater Properties published an interesting page about the design of this memorial. This p...

3 subjects commemorated
Crucifixion

Crucifixion

EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden

The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part of the post war reconstruction (1955-8).  A square carved pa...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze

Royal Hospital Chelsea - frieze

SW3, Royal Hospital Road, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Middle Court

In our photo you can see the Latin text on the frieze to the arcade. The statue faces the building and backs the Thames, and the camera. ...

5 subjects commemorated
Brick of cuneiform writing

Brick of cuneiform writing

EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard

From Exploring London: "... a stone (actually baked brick) upon which is inscribed cuneiform writing. ... which comes from a Zigurrat in ...

1 creator
Roman pavement - St Matthews

Roman pavement - St Matthews

EC2, Foster Lane, church courtyard

This church dates from the 12th century. From the church's website: "It has been altered, enlarged and restored many times and probably r...

2 subjects commemorated
Little Dorrit gate

Little Dorrit gate

SE1, Little Dorrit Court, Playground

The quoted text comes at the end of Chapter 13 of 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens, the 'him' being Arthur Clennam. The Victorian Socie...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Pamela Colman Smith

Pamela Colman Smith

WC1, Store Street, 33, Treadwell’s Books

We learnt about this basement fireplace at Atlas Obscura. On our first visit we were told the space was not currently accessible to the ...

1 subject commemorated
Peter Pan planters at GOSH

Peter Pan planters at GOSH

WC1, Great Ormond Street, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Paul O'Gorman Building

Cars, cars, grrr, impossible to take photos of the building that also show the planters, positioned on the steps. These planters caught ...

1 subject commemorated
HMS Sovereign of the Seas

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall

The text names Phineas Pett as the builder of this ship, but Wikipedia gives "... This was supervised by Peter Pett ... guided by his fat...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Virtues - Lucidity

Virtues - Lucidity

WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule

Bertrand Russell is reaching out to remove a blindfold from a naked woman who holds a mirror. She is the symbolic figure of Truth and he ...

1 subject commemorated
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