WC1, Bloomsbury Way, Kingsley Hotel
This bust on the ornate underbelly of the bow windows is now obscured by the glass awning above the front entrance of the hotel. At the top of the building a stone plaque shows the entwined digits "1900".
Compare and contrast Rembrandt in Thurloe Place.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley - WC1
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend,...
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
This is clearly a portrait of a historical figure but with no inscription we have to guess who. Given its location we initally assumed h...
Building erected in 1883 by George Attenborough for his jewellery and pawn-broking business, Attenborough and Sons. Architects: Archer an...
This bust is a 20th-century replica after G. B. Comolli, 19th century.
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year old brother Henry died (probably of typhoid) and Charles became the heir, ascending the throne in 1625 on the death of hi...
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