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William Shakespeare Statue and Fountain with Busts of Hogarth, Hunter, Newton and Reynolds in Garden of Square

A Grade II Listed Building in St James's, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5104 / 51°30'37"N

Longitude: -0.1301 / 0°7'48"W

OS Eastings: 529858

OS Northings: 180708

OS Grid: TQ298807

Mapcode National: GBR GD.YR

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.P9KH

Plus Code: 9C3XGV69+5X

Entry Name: William Shakespeare Statue and Fountain with Busts of Hogarth, Hunter, Newton and Reynolds in Garden of Square

Listing Date: 24 February 1958

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1221890

English Heritage Legacy ID: 413725

Also known as: Shakespeare Fountain

ID on this website: 101221890

Location: London, Westminster, London, WC2H

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: St James's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Fountain Statue

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Description


TQ 2980 NE
71/71
24.2.58

CITY OF WESTMINSTER
LEICESTER SQUARE, W1

William Shakespeare Statue
and fountain with busts of
Hogarth, Hunter, Newton and
Reynolds in garden of
square.

G.V.
II

Memorial sculptural fountain in centre of garden with busts to four
corners. 1874 garden design by James Knowles with fountain sculpture by
G. Fontana. White marble. "Stratford" statue of the Bard on tall square
pedestal with dolphin supporters at angles over stepped circular plinth
rising from inner basin, outer basin as flower bed compartmented by volute
scrolls, the outer rim with pedestalled vases. The marble busts on granite
plinths part of the same 1874 layout: Hogarth by J. Denham, John Hunter by
T. Woolner, Isaac Newton by Calder Marshall, Reynolds by H. Weekes.

Survey of London; Vol. XXXIV.

Listing NGR: TQ2985880708

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