Statue

Mary Queen of Scots statue

Photograph by: London Remembers

Photograph by: London Remembers

Erection date: 1905

Inscription

{On the base of the statue in gothic script:]
Mary Queen of Scots

Site: Mary Queen of Scots (2 memorials)

EC4, Fleet Street, 143-4, Mary Queen of Scots House

A nearby pub sign says "the building next door, Mary Queen of Scots House was built in 1905. The statue of Mary Stuart a romantic idea of the developer Sir John Tollemache MP, who was a great admirer of Mary Q of S."

The architect is R. M. Roe and Ornamental Passions tells us that he designed this ornate building for a Scottish insurance company.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Queen of Scots statue

Subjects commemorated i

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary’s first 20 years were an amazing roller-coaster of a life. She spent the...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mary Queen of Scots statue

Created by i

Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair

Born Edinburgh, grandson of Sir John Sinclair. Caithness Landowner and 3rd Ba...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Mary Queen of Scots statue

Also at this site i

Mary Queen of Scots House

{The fanlight to the right hand door, carries gilt lettering, framed by the g...

See other memorials in the area

Nearby Memorials

V&A façade - Barry

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Sir John Cass statue - Jewry Street

EC3, Jewry Street, 31

A statue was commissioned by the Sir John Cass Foundation in 1751. It was first erected on the original school building in a first floor ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Emperor Trajan statue

EC3, Trinity Place

{On a steel plaque attached to the base:} Statue believed to be of the Roman Emperor Trajan, AD 98 - 117. 'Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajan...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

View on map

Clement Attlee statue

E1, Commerical Road, Queen Mary College

It's rather disconcerting that the plaque refers to "Queen Mary College" as "Queen Mary" as in "... the Great Hall....now part of Queen M...

2 subjects commemorated, 7 creators

View on map

King George I statue, WC1

WC1, Bloomsbury Way, St George's Church

The spire is an astonishing sight, one of our London favourites. It is a tall stepped pyramid with 24 steps topped with a statue of King ...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators

View on map