WC1, Bloomsbury Way, Kingsley Hotel
This bust on the ornate underbelly of the bow windows is now obscured by the glass awning above the front entrance of the hotel. Â At the top of the building a stone plaque shows the entwined digits "1900".
Compare and contrast Rembrandt in Thurloe Place.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley - WC1
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend,...
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
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