Erection date: 1957
Note the bee on the wall below his feet. Bees are associated with Saint Ambrose who had a notable influence on Augustine. That's the only explanation that we have for the bee.
EC2, Austin Friars, Augustine House, 6a
On the side wall of Augustine House, next to the Dutch Church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Augustine statue
Theologian and philosopher. Also known as Augustine of Hippo. Born in Thagast...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Augustine statue
Painter and sculptor. Born John Rattenbury Skeaping in South Woodford, Essex....
Statue on the left. Ornamental Passions has some information.
The Bevington statue is protected by some nice original railings which seem still to display their original coat of committee green paint.
The first buildings to occupy this site were built in 1232 by Henry III. The building was known as the Domus Conversorum (the House of C...
Not sure whether the statue represents junior or senior.
Jeremy Bentham, philosopher and reformer, 1748 - 1832, lived in a house on this site, 1792 - 1832. City of Westminster University Colleg...
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