The picture shows the frigidarium, with statues in niches near the tops of the columns.
The Turkish baths, constructed as part of the 1913 extension to the Imperial Hotel, were the subject of an early campaign by the Victorian Society, which failed and the baths were demolished, with the rest of the hotel, in 1966. But the statues were rescued and now sit in the courtyard of the new hotel, just down Russell Square, at Imperial Hotel - statues.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Turkish baths at Imperial Hotel
The last surviving Inn of Chancery. Attached to Gray's Inn. Things changed over time but, basically, Inns of Court were places where barristers lodged and worked, while Inns of Chancery were plac...
A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 2022: Most of the web links related to this are inaccessible. There's a Facebook page and this 2017 page.
A registered charity founded in the 1960s, with the twin aims of raising money for and organising tours of the old Croydon Palace.
2012: we can find no information about this group, so possibly it is no longer active.
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
From Jamaica Observer: The building ... was home to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny 'Wailer' Livingston, Aston 'Family Man' Barrett and his...
Born as Lorenz Alma Tadema in Friesland, The Netherlands. Painter, famous for his depictions of classical themes. He settled in England in 1870 and was knighted in 1899. Died Kaiserhof Spa, Wiesbad...
Something like a company, which invests mainly in land (mostly in the south-west of England) and with the income benefiting the Duke of Cornwall who is normally the monarch's eldest son. The biscui...
These plaques are to the north of the fountain in the front garden of Wandsworth Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. The time capsule stone i...
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