{The base of the bow window above carries the ornate lettering:}
Bennet Woodcroft
WC2, Southampton Buildings, Old Patent Office
Damaged in WW2 this building was restored in 2007 to the original design for the facade overlooking Staple Inn garden, at least. We know all this because the wonderful tells us. The new structure incorporates two little memorials in the form of portrait keystones.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
Inventor, industrial archaeologist, leading figure in patent reform and the f...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Bennet Woodcroft keystone
But who is he? Is this his portrait? He looks rather wild. We can't identify him.
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