Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the General Post Office. This portrait keystone was brought to our attention by Ornamental Passions. See also Morley keystone.
EC1, St Martin's le Grand, Nomura House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Raikes keystone
MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Henry Raikes keystone
Site of the Bull and Mouth Inn, demolished 1888. The Corporation of the City ...
Site of the French Protestant Church, demolished 1888. The Corporation of the...
Site of Northumberland House The Corporation of the City of London
Nobel House is in the south-east of this square, mainly facing north but with a short west-facing facade. The portrait keystones are both...
The original gatehouse together with the keystone form the entrance to the current building.
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...
Our researches have drawn a blank. This looks to us like a death mask, or Churchill with his eyes shut which seems unlikely. Faces on key...
Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the eas...
