Erection date: 1894
We think that hiding below hundreds of layers of whitewash is a fine relief bust of Shakespeare. This is at the top of the pargeting (decorative plasterwork) in the pediment.
NW10, High Road, 95, Willesden Green Old Library Building
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Willesden Library - Shakespeare
The bust was unveiled on Garvey's 129th birthday, and is now inside a glass c...
Willesden Green Library was established in 1894 following a poll of the ratep...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
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...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This is is the site of Walsingham's mansion, where he died in 1590. In 1656 the Navy Office was erected. Follow that link for more info...
At one time the pub was owned by Thomas and John Shakespeare, who liked to think they were related to the man himself. The statue dates ...
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