St George's Circus - obelisk
SE1, St George's Circus
Diamond Geezer has a very good post on this piece of street furniture but, surprisingly, he does not comment on the accuracy of the measu...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
New Zealand obelisk
SE10, King William Walk
Made of Cornish granite. We've photoed the stone chain around the monument. Lower down is a stone rope with knots at the corners. We l...
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22 subjects commemorated
22 subjects commemorated
Royal Naval Division - WW1
SW1, Horse Guards Parade
Near the base of the four sides of the obelisk water jets into the basin below. The low wall around this fine, plain monument is decora...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Bellot memorial obelisk
SE10, Five Foot Walk, Royal Naval College
33ft high red granite. Described in detail at the splendid PMSA.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Steve Fairbairn
SW15, Putney Towpath Embankment
{Medallion on an obelisk, with a portrait:} Steve Fairbairn, 1862 1938. {Plaque beneath medallion:} This memorial commemorates the cen...
3 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Thomas Paine obelisk
EC1, Angel Square
Erected on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Paine's "Rights of Man", written while Paine lived at the Angel Inn which used to ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Dance's obelisk
EC2, Circus Place
The design of the obelisk is based on the 1771 one in St George's Circus, The profile is carved in Portland stone and was taken from a co...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Cleopatra's needle
WC2, Victoria Embankment
Pink granite, 68.5 feet high, 186 tons. Vulliamy created, and Youngs cast, the bronze sphinxes at the base, about which our colleague, Al...
5 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Hampstead War Memorial
NW3, Spaniards Road
From the inscriptions it seems that the obelisk was created as a WW1 memorial and the flanking walls were added after WW2. We thank Davi...
2 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Mayoralty of the City of London - 800 years
EC4, Salisbury Court
The plaque to the Mayoralty is attached low down on the base of the obelisk.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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