Erection date: 12/6/2008
{On a plaque fixed to the base:}
Unveiled by HRH, The Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University of London, to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the University of London External System. 12 June 2008.
{On the horizontal ring:}
David Harber, Aston Upthorpe, Oxfordshire, MMVIII.
For other armillary spheres see Wolff.
WC1, Torrington Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Armillary sphere London Uni.External System
Distance learning, now known as 'International Programmes'.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Armillary sphere London Uni.External System
The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. From British Listed Buildings: "Roy originally marked his lin...
We were delighted to see this memorial - it enables us to tell you about this splendid, unique, station: light and airy, joyous murals of...
The initial 'In' has been lost but we think it must have been there.
We think these stones topped the gate piers at the street entrance to the memorial building.
The old tree is presumably gradually being decomposed by beetles and the like. The new tree may be the one to the far right of our picture.
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