Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the east side of the building.
Look this up on Google Street View and all you see on the keystone is a blur - face recognition strikes!
EC1, Edward Street, Nomura House
Brought to our attention by Ornamental Passions.
This building was designed by Sir Henry Tanner and built for the General Post Office in 1889-95.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Arnold Morley keystone
Barrister, Liberal MP, Postmaster General 1892-5. From Ornamental Passions: ...
This memorial used to be in Puzzle Corner until walking guide Ian Swankie pointed out the unarguable resemblance to Inigo Jones.
For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...
Grimaldi's grave is just around the corner, in the churchyard.
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
Nobel House is in the south-east of this square, mainly facing north but with a short west-facing facade. The portrait keystones are both...
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