SW1, Great Smith Street
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance.
Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, AD 1893". In 1985 this building was threatened with demolition and was only saved by a campaign which brought about the Thorney Island Society.
The identifies the heads for us, and we've numbered them left to right.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 3 - Chaucer
Poet and administrator. Whilst living in the Aldgate (1374-86) as the ‘Comptr...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 3 - Chaucer
Westminster Public Library The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the...
We first thought Francis Bacon but he normally has more hair, and, so far, al...
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
One New Change: "The mosaics were originally located within the main entrance lobby of the New Change Building, a home to Bank of England...
This bust is fixed to the wall of the building in the garden seen in the picture.
All the sculptures are inside the main building. See Father Jellicoe for the Gilbert Bayes finials, some of which are/were on display in...
Ornamental Passions says of this building: "originally built for the Cunard Line in the late 19th century (all the buildings in the stree...
This could equally well be Caxton (they are both always shown with this headgear, full beard and moustache) but the lack of sideburns see...
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