To the glory of God & in grateful memory of H. M. King Edward VI who by his charter of 1550 granted asylum to the Huguenots from France.
This tympanum was set up in the year of our Lord 1950.
W1, Soho Square, French Protestant Church
Eglise Protesante Francaise de Londres, founded 24 July 1550 by a Royal Charter from Edward VI.
The current building was designed by Aston Webb in 1891-93.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
French Protestant Church - Soho Square
French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name emerged in 1560 b...
Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
French Protestant Church - Soho Square
Persecuted in France, about 50,000 Huguenots fled to Britain where Edward VI ...
This phoenix represents the rebirth of the old Cathedral, lost in the Great Fire. Stones from the old building were used in the construct...
This relief is "The Death of Nelson" by J. E. Carew, on the front (south) face of the base of Nelson's Column. It depicts a scene at the ...
Vauxhall History gives: "Doulton worked closely with the renowned Lambeth School of Art and several well-known artists worked for the fir...
The building's listing entry describes this sign, 1934-5 designed by Arthur Szyk: “a metal relief, painted gold and fixed to the wall. Th...
Deborah Singmaster of Footnotes sent us this picture and asked if we had any information. We did some research (see below) but have fail...
