Erection date: 1830
This horseblock was erected by the desire of the duke of Wellington, 1830.
. . . and what the Duke wants the Duke gets. Though these mounting aids were probably intended for use by all the gentlemen visiting the area's many gentlemen's clubs.
SW1, Waterloo Place
There is one of these horse blocks on each side of the road.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
horse block
Born Arthur Wesley (later Wellesley) in Dublin to Irish parents. After the Ba...
Even in our rather dismal photo you can see that there is a hill here, in an otherwise uniformly flat Park. Why is this hill here? We cam...
This small plaque is on a bike rack close to where the crash happened.
Brought to our attention by View from the Mirror which has a very good, thorough post about these strange bricks.  The graffiti is appare...
Lydia Lopokova, as Terpsichore the muse of dance and choral poetry, leaves a lyre resting against her side to hold a squirrel aloft.
From Exploring London: "... a stone (actually baked brick) upon which is inscribed cuneiform writing. ... which comes from a Zigurrat in ...
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