SW1, Great Smith Street
The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance.
Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, AD 1893". In 1985 this building was threatened with demolition and was only saved by a campaign which brought about the Thorney Island Society.
The Listing identifies the heads for us, and we've numbered them left to right.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 4 - Dryden
Poet and playwright. Born in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The first Poet Laur...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 4 - Dryden
Westminster Public Library The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the...
We first thought Francis Bacon but he normally has more hair, and, so far, al...
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This huge building, Grade 2 listed and in need of a clean, is actually 18 buildings behind a unifying facade designed by W. D. Caroe, in ...
This is the site of the 17th century Temple Bar entrance to the City of London. Having become an obstruction to circulation it was remove...
The architect for this 1906 building was Arthur Sykes (1862 - 1940) who also built this Oxford Street/Stratford Place corner block, See P...
Building erected in 1910–11 by Metropolis Estates Limited, designed by Delissa Joseph and built by Messrs. Ford and Walters of Kilburn. ...
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