Cromwell statue
SW1, Parliament Square
Controversy over who, if anyone, should fund this statue was overcome by the PM, Lord Rosebery, making a gift of it. Apparently Cromwell...
Controversy over who, if anyone, should fund this statue was overcome by the PM, Lord Rosebery, making a gift of it. Apparently Cromwell...
The Austin Friars house, built in 1253, used to occupy this area.
The Story of Holly Lodge' by Margaret Downing, March 2009, says that this statue was commissioned by Coutts' wife "to take pride of place...
Another seated statue to add to those listed at Peabody's. 2021: A petition has been launched for the removal of this statue.
The Duke of Westminster was present at the unveiling. From the speech made at the unveiling by the President of the Portuguese Republic w...
The statue is said to contain an urn with earth from Chopin's birthplace in Poland. Princess Alice unveiled the statue in 1975, and her ...
In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture.  The unveiling ceremony is detailed here (thanks to Jamie Davis for the link).
In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a niche although it was intended to be on a plinth.
{On the front of the plinth:} Kitchener, 1850 - 1916 {On the front of the lower shallow plinth:} Erected by Parliament {Inscribed on t...
The bronze statue depicts the Queen as she would have looked when she started her reign, in 1837, and when the square was first laid out,...
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