John Henry Cardinal Newman, 1801 - 1890
On the wall of the Oratory behind there are two sculptured plaques with flowers and leaves, to the left, three stars at the top and "SPN"; to the right, a fleur-de-lys at the top and "MR".
From the : The Memorial was designed by G. F. Bodley and Thomas Garner "and made by Farmer and Brindley, whose artist L J Chavalliaud modelled Newman’s statue."
SW7, Brompton Road, The Oratory
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cardinal Newman - statue
Born 80 Old Broad Street, eldest son of a banker. Goaded into writing his Apo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cardinal Newman - statue
Firm of sculptors. Founded by William Farmer (1825-1879) and William Brindley...
Ecclesiastical architect. Born Hull. Â George Gilbert Scott was his brother-in...
Sculptor.  Born Reims France.  Came to Britain in 1890s and stayed for fiftee...
The face on the right (south-facing) has been badly weather-beaten and then it seems the lettering has been renewed but only some of it, ...
Roll of Honour has a photo of the parish WW1 memorial that used to be inside the church: "Unfortunately the memorial was destroyed when t...
The inscription refers to Stead having worked near this site for 30 years. This was in Catherine Street in the offices of the Pall Mall G...
Designed by architect Chris Roche. The railway sleepers and track, symbolic of the Burma Railway, are placed in the form of a cross - the...
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