This plaque celebrates the restoration of the Avenue Gardens between 1993 & 1996. These gardens were designed by William Andrews Nesfield, 1794 - 1881 & created between 1863 & 1865.
The people in the picture standing on the plaque are doing the obligatory circular walk to read the inscription.
Plaque carved by Richard Kindersley in 1996.
NW1, Regent's Park, Broad Walk
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Garden restoration
The Regent's Park plaque has the date of birth as 1794 but this contradicts a...
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Garden restoration
Sculptor and lettering artist, following his father's David's path. Other Lo...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
We think this may have been the sign giving the name of a ward at the hospital. It would fit in a fan-light above a door very nicely.
T. E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", 1888 - 1935, lived here. Greater London Council
The Latin quote is from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
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