W1, Old Bond Street, 28
This arcade has two addresses, one at each end: 28 Old Bond Street and 12 Albermarle Street. The decorative facade, including the relief bust of Queen Victoria seems identical at both ends. Built in 1879, her 60th year, the relief still shows a young woman - that's how to attract a very desirable customer. Ornamental Passions has a good entry on this building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Arcade - Victoria
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duk...
This bust is sited close to Lister's home at 12, Park Crescent.
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
This is the site of the 17th century Temple Bar entrance to the City of London. Having become an obstruction to circulation it was remove...
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance. Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united pa...
Greater London Council George Nathaniel Curzon Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 1859-1919 Statesman, Viceroy of India, lived and died here
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
Our colleague Andrew Behan points out the following errors on this plaque: Fitzgerald's first name should have only one 'n'; Short was a ...
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