Relief

Festival of Britain - Symbol

Inscription

1951

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.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - Symbol

'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 - Symbol

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The ‘Drama Through the Ages’ frieze is by Gilbert Bayes. The listing says "Bayes' frieze is one of the largest and most important works o...

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On the Weymouth Street facade there are 5 figures carved in relief by Copnall. They are unlabelled but one can tell that they represent,...

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