Cadiz Memorial
SW1, Horse Guards Parade
On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spanish must have retrieved and restored this mortar before pre...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Dog and Pot sculpture
SE1, Blackfriars Road
Dickens was a boy of 12 when he passed this sign on his way to work in 1824. The original shop sign is now in the Cuming Museum. This r...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Power Station - cogs sculpture
WC2, Bull Inn Court
This bronze work, "Powerhouse", was inspired by salvage from the original power house equipment when the building was developed.Â
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Limehouse basin model
E14, Limehouse Dock quayside, Harbour Masters Office
This Harbour Masters Office has a rather nice 6-sided pagoda-like from. The model of the basin is on the mini-me brick pedestal. It doesn...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Civilian deaths in WW2 - Blitz East London
E1, Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden
The lettering on the plinth does not look contemporary with the dove sculpture. It has the look of having originally been on a older mem...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Agatha Christie book
WC2, Cranbourn Street
Unveiled on the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap, this bronze, 2.5 m high 'book' was commissioned by The Mousetrap's producer Sir Stephe...
11 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Tattersall's auction yard
SW1, Knightsbridge Green, 1, Caltex House
This sculpture 'Triga' recalls the racehorses that were bought and sold on this site while it was occupied by Tattersalls for almost 75 y...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Carved mice
EC3, Philpot Lane, 13
Cabbies are attempting to propagate a myth that these mice commemorate two builders who died while working on the nearby Monument. We ca...
Greengrocers and sheep
E8, London Fields
This sculpture commemorates the use of London Fields as a grazing area for livestock, a stop on the route for livestock and produce on it...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Achilles statue
W1, Hyde Park
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of quoting Larry Olivier on this statue: "the best arse in Lond...
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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