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,...
Building erected in 1883 by George Attenborough for his jewellery and pawn-broking business, Attenborough and Sons. Architects: Archer an...
According to the plaque these are, clockwise from top left: Debra Lee, Phineas Pett, Tsar Peter the Great, Dr Burnhart Gloss, Catherine o...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...
First installed on Marylebone Road, vandalism caused this bust to be removed in 2017, cleaned and reinstalled in this foyer in 2019.
