W1, Old Bond Street, 28
This arcade has two addresses, one at each end: 28 Old Bond Street and 12 Albermarle Street. The decorative facade, including the relief bust of Queen Victoria seems identical at both ends. Built in 1879, her 60th year, the relief still shows a young woman - that's how to attract a very desirable customer. Ornamental Passions has a good entry on this building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Arcade - Victoria
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
Our photo shows the south-west corner of the garden presided over by Victoria. Albert watches over the south-east corner. Each profile is...
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
In education, first there was STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and then there was STEAM (with A for Arts) which, to u...
Apologies for the lack of focus on this one - partly due to the carving being so weather-worn that our camera had trouble focussing (when...
Normally both Chaucer and Caxton are shown with full beards but the facial hair on head number 6 looks slightly more like Chaucer's, whic...
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