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 3 - Chaucer
Poet and administrator. Whilst living in the Aldgate, as the ‘Comptroller of ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 3 - Chaucer
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.
These 10 portrait mosaics are the result of a project by Morley College to celebrate the achievements of significant women who have lived...
The spaces between the first and second floor windows carry carved brick panels, one in each of the seven bays. Purely decorative panels ...
These 10 portrait mosaics are the result of a project by Morley College to celebrate the achievements of significant women who have lived...
These 4 portrait medallions are above the ground floor windows. We have numbered them left to right (west to east); two men and two women...
The Peelian principles summarise the ideas that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force. The approach expressed in th...
This is an unusual memorial, just one, though we've taken separate photos of its two parts. This parish supplied 4,286 men to the armed ...
Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born in Wookey, Somerset. In 1898 he founded the Daily Express, which was innovative in printing news instead of adverts on its front page. When he started t...
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