Erection date: 2013
1888
This bronze work, "Powerhouse", was inspired by salvage from the original power house equipment when the building was developed.
WC2, Bull Inn Court
Brought to our attention by Discovering London.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Power Station - cogs sculpture
This originated in 1882 from the power supply set up by Agostino and Stefano ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Power Station - cogs sculpture
The relief sculpture, by Stephen Cox, is called 'Figure Emerging', and was inspired by the sculptures of gods at the cave temples in Indi...
Don’t believe Wikipedia when it says that "the mutilated condition of many of the sculptures has nothing to do with prudish censorship". ...
This depicts an anonymous 12-year-old youth standing on a giant, fallen ash tree. The inscription is a line from a WW2 poem by Hamish Hen...
On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spanish must have retrieved and restored this mortar before pre...
Lady Regnart donated these statues in 1912 and her husband died in 1912 so, call us reckless, but we are assuming that the donation was i...
Politician and writer. Born Milston, Wiltshire.
The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.
We note that the plaque, twice refers to 'Angel', not 'the Angel', and realise that we are not sure which usage is correct.
Architect and designer. Born Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. In 1874, he travelled to Italy with John Ruskin to study the architecture. He later opened his own architectural practice in London, and in 1...
Murals are often rather fun puzzles so do have a go identifying what you can before reading further. A key given at Ponyhide helped us w...
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