Also designed the eastern façade of Buckingham Palace (Londonist has a good post about this), the entrance façade to the V&A Museum, Admiralty Arch and the French Huguenot Church in Soho Square.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Aston Webb
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Aston Webb at Whiteley Village
This small enamel plaque looks as if it was installed when the cottages were ...
St Bartholomew's Gatehouse
This delightful plaque has a crest at each end. The open gate rather spoils t...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Aston Webb
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London Troops War Memorial
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...
Queen Victoria Memorial
Shame about the nose. On the platform at the unveiling ceremony Brock was mad...
Royal Artillery Boer War memorial
Bronze statue depicts War being controlled by Peace. Unveiled by the Duke of ...
William III statue - W8
At Berliner-Schloss (with heavy use of translation tools) we learn that this ...
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Boris Anrep
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Henry VIII’s Manor House - Cheyne Gdns
SW3, Cheyne Gardens, Cheyne Studios
King Henry VIII, 1491-1547. Close to this site stood the King’s Manor House. Part of its boundary wall adjoins Cheyne Studio.
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