The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supporting the grid-iron is apparently part of the WW2 incendiary bomb which caused the church to be burnt out.
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church st...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelft...
{Inscribed on the main stone plaque:} 1914 - 1918 In memory of the officers...
Holland House was built in 1605 for Sir Walter Cope, a courtier of King James I, and was known as Cope Castle. In 1768 it was acquired b...
Sir William Nicholson, 1872 - 1949, painter and printmaker, lived here 1904 - 1906. English Heritage
Edvard Grieg, 1843 - 1907, Norwegian composer, stayed here when performing in London. English Heritage
In our photo the plaque can be seen on the corner, below the satellite dishes. The National Archives catalogue lists some entries which ...
Greater London Council William Smith, M.P., 1756 - 1835, pioneer of religious liberty, lived here.
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