The relief shows the Royal Festival Hall, surrounded by a violin, saxophone, drums, musical score, a transmitting tower and a crown.
W1, Oxford Street, 213
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - Arts
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - Arts
The relief shows a pair of compasses, globe, hour-glass, rolled document, anc...
George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with Thorndike in mind, and this image is very similar to photos of her in the role.
We photographed these rather luscious shells thinking they probably came off another building belonging to the company, probably one they...
This looks as if it's carved wood but Bonhams says it's probably painted ceramic.
The current building obviously does not date back to 1714 and is not hugely interesting but the lions are magnificent.
