Relief

1 Poultry - Frieze C - Charles II

Site: 1 Poultry (6 memorials)

EC2, Poultry, 1

Number One Poultry, built in 1995 in a post-modern style, and voted by Time Out readers the fifth worst building in London. Designed by the architect James Stirling, it was only erected after a hard-fought battle to preserve one of the buildings it was replacing, the Mappin and Webb building.

The foundation stone is in the passage shown in our photo: "This foundation stone of Number 1 Poultry in the Ward of Walbrook in the City of London was dedicated by Lady Stirling in the year of our Lord 1995 on Tuesday 4th July. James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates - architects".

The destruction of this corner of London did at least give the archaeologists a rare opportunity to do some serious digging and many of their finds are at the Museum of London. Also, the ruins of St Benet Sherehog can be seen in the basement rooms of Number One, apparently.

We have treated each of the four panels of the frieze as a separate memorial (so that we can have more photos) and put the information that applies to all of them on the first, Edward VI.

Credit for this entry to: Tony Tugnutt

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
1 Poultry - Frieze C - Charles II

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King Charles II

Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Char...

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Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...

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Dieter Bock

Hans-Dieter Bock, or Dieter Bock, was born on 3 March 1939 in Dessau, the cap...

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Joseph Kremer

Sculptor. Born Tromborn France, studied in Paris.  Possibly of German ancestr...

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Lord Palumbo

Created a life peer on 4 February 1991 as Baron Palumbo of Walbrook in the Ci...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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1 Poultry - Frieze A - Edward VI

1 Poultry - Frieze A - Edward VI

These panels, showing Royal Progresses through London, were originally placed...

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1 Poultry - Loriners' Trade

1 Poultry - Loriners' Trade

This plaque is presumably based on some early references to loriners working ...

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1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock

1 Poultry - Mappin & Webb clock

This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we ...

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