SW1, Great Smith Street
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance.
Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, AD 1893". In 1985 this building was threatened with demolition and was only saved by a campaign which brought about the Thorney Island Society.
The Listing identifies the heads for us, and we've numbered them left to right.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 2- Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 2- Shakespeare
Westminster Public Library The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the...
We first thought Francis Bacon but he normally has more hair, and, so far, al...
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...
When this pub was built in 1892 the Duke of Cumberland was Ernest Augustus, the 3rd Duke, who while crown prince of Hanover was also a li...
This huge building, Grade 2 listed and in need of a clean, is actually 18 buildings behind a unifying facade designed by W. D. Caroe, in ...
{Inscribed on the plinth just below the bust:} Shakespeare {Below this there is an open marble book with a small marble scroll above. O...
