SW1, Cockspur Street
Created in 1914 by Metcalfe and Greig for no particular tenant this building was converted into the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in 1920 by a Norwegian architect, J.T. Westbye, using Norwegian granite and Norwegian details. Ornamental Passions has done a good post on this building with excellent photos of all the carvings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Olaf
The Harding tree is on the far left of our photo, and seems a goodly size for one not planted before 1985.
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
This is apparently the only statue of King Henry the VIII on public display in London It was erected in this new gatehouse in 1702 to ack...
Unveiled by the Queen Mother on 31 May 1992, the 50th anniversary of the first Allied 1,000 bomber raid on 30 May/31 May 1942. Actually ...
On each corner of the monument there is a sculpture of a seated woman (most with one or more children) representing (clockwise from front...
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