The cow's right ear must have dropped off.
SW3, Old Church Street, 38-48, The Old Diary
We've numbered the lovely tiled panels left to right.
See our page about the dairy for our attempt to understand the geography of the site with reference to a 1865 map.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wright’s Dairy - Old Church Street - cow's head on front building
Founded in 1796 by a Mr Wright, whose son, W. H. Wright carried on the busine...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wright’s Dairy - Old Church Street - cow's head on front building
In Google satellite view you can see that the set-back building originally ha...
The text is misleading - ye early mower is actually whetting his whistle.
The milkmaid carries her milking pail on her head and her milking stool on he...
{Inscribed on the glass:} In memory of our members and staff fallen in defence of their country.
This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photograph taken by Sam Nzima during the Soweto uprising – see th...
Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of quoting Larry Olivier on this statue: "the best arse in Lond...
Ayton also designed the unusual bronze plinth for this location, a garden atop a car-park. Note how the tiled ground rises towards the t...
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