SW1, Cockspur Street
Created in 1914 by Metcalfe and Greig for no particular tenant this building was converted into the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in 1920 by a Norwegian architect, J.T. Westbye, using Norwegian granite and Norwegian details. Ornamental Passions has done a good post on this building with excellent photos of all the carvings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
We've listed the statues left to right across the front of the building, with More all on his lonesome on the west (left) facade. The 1...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Millais helped found the Tate Gallery in the building behind. Peter Duby points out that this statue is unusual in that it incorporate...
11 June 2020, following Black Lives Matter demonstrations, a joint statement from King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Found...
The sculpture is Bowtell’s 'My Children' (or 'Two Pupils'). The plinth is by Kindersley. The boy, wearing the school’s traditional unifo...
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