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. Born in Thagaste (now Souk Ahras), Algeria. He wa...
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....
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
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...
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
This building dates from 1868. Reeves moved out in 1948. The London Project associates the building with the early film industry, in 1907...
The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three inhabited islands that make up Malta. This stone was easily av...
Transport company. It was originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres. It became the largest omnibus operator in London, buying out hundreds o...
The plaque immediately below the bust is blank but there are 4 others below that, each with an inscription. The text of the upper three ...
Some of the names on the memorial are illegible. We have found a list on the War Memorials Register and another on the Lewisham War Memor...
