WC1, Bloomsbury Way, Kingsley Hotel
This bust on the ornate underbelly of the bow windows is now obscured by the glass awning above the front entrance of the hotel. At the top of the building a stone plaque shows the entwined digits "1900".
Compare and contrast Rembrandt in Thurloe Place.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Charles Kingsley - WC1
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend,...
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 ...
The weather has removed all the hair and costume details which are essential for any chance of identifying the person represented. Chauc...
In education, first there was STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and then there was STEAM (with A for Arts) which, to u...
This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.
This building, 1896, designed by Ewan Christian, has 18 busts contained in medallions around the top of the facades. Starting at the east...
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