SW1, Cockspur Street
Created in 1914 by Metcalfe and Greig for no particular tenant this building was converted into the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in 1920 by a Norwegian architect, J.T. Westbye, using Norwegian granite and Norwegian details. Ornamental Passions has done a good post on this building with excellent photos of all the carvings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
On this site there used to be a sister hotel to Hotel Russell, also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and erected in 1898. It was demolish...
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
The book he holds has "MPM FEBM" on the back cover and "DAM MPM" on the front cover. Perhaps these initials relate to the Moorhouse famil...
Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall...
