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
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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