SE16, Spa Road, Old Bermondsey Library / Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist centre
The busts are on the keystones of the library first floor window arches, numbered left to right. Ornamental Passions has posted about this building and also fails to identify number 5. The building was designed in 1890-2 by John Johnson and opened by John Lubbock. The library closed in 1989.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bermondsey Library - 2 - Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Bermondsey Library - 2 - Shakespeare
We would not describe this face as ugly so it can't be Socrates. We reckon i...
The weather has removed all the hair and costume details which are essential ...
This public library was erected 1890-1. Commissioners: A. Lafone, MP - Chairm...
Edward Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby
There's a suggestion in the sculpture that the face is actually a mask.
These 10 portrait mosaics are the result of a project by Morley College to celebrate the achievements of significant women who have lived...
Bust 1, to the south, shows some damage but, we hope you agree, both busts represent the same man. But who? Only a few months later we c...
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated group of buildings makes up Croydon's Municipal buildings complex. The buildin...
English Heritage Marie Stopes, 1880 - 1958, promoter of sex education and birth control, lived here, 1880 - 1892.
It was created to meet the demands for innovative music and sound effects for radio and television. It is most famous for producing the original theme tune to 'Doctor Who', and was also responsible...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Music Company. Their activity is recorded as supporting activities to performing arts.
Historian, author and public servant. Born in Lewisham. He served in the War Office for forty years and was rewarded with an M.V.O. (Member of the Victorian Order) and an O.B.E. His interest in loc...
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