The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Brown of Londonist thinks (and we agree with him) that this lamp, at the centre of a sort of armillary sphere, is inspired by that lamp from over 200 years ago.
EC4, Crane Court
The Royal Society met at the north end of Crane Court from 1710-80, that's the end behind our camera.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crane Court - Royal Society
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...
We wanted to show you both the plaque and the weather vane so we have used our two pictures for those and not photographed the building. ...
The garden is normally locked so the annual Open Garden Squares Day may be your only chance to see this.
Cars, cars, grrr, impossible to take photos of the building that also show the planters, positioned on the steps. These planters caught ...
This town is the birthplace of Shyamji Krishna Varma, who founded India House.
Greta Garbo, as Melpomene the muse of tragedy, raises a wreath in her left hand, and has a tragic mask near her right hand.
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
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