Erection date: 1956
This is one of a pair, See Charles I beheaded for more information. IanVisits pours cold water on the myth that nearby Cromwell's eyes are down-cast in shame under the gaze of this Charles.
SW1, St Margaret Street, St Margarets Church
Sherbrooke is inside the south-east porch. Charles I is outside, above the entrance to the north of the east end, across the road from his nemesis, Cromwell.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles I bust at St Margarets
Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Charles I bust at St Margarets
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nichols...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Charles I bust at St Margarets
We again thank David Hopkins for the Latin transcription (from some tortuous ...
The Peelian principles summarise the ideas that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force. The approach expressed in th...
We original thought this was Gladstone (who had died only a few years before) but Lea Cornthwaite has suggested Frederick Temple, pointin...
There has been a public house of this name here since at least 1739 but the bust is a very good likeness of George IV, regent 1811 - 1820...
This is a far better sculpture than our photo shows. Two versions of this bust exist at St George's: this one and one outside, on an arch...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...