Description

CITY OF WESTMINSTER STRAND WC2
TQ 3080 NW and SW Queen Eleanor
72/151; 83/2 Memorial Cross
5.2.70
GV II*
Neo-Eleanor Cross, 1864-65. Designed by E. M. Barry and carved by the firm of
Thomas Earp. Portland stone on an Aberdeen granite plinth with Mansfield stone
details. Elaborate C14 style based on the form of the Eleanor Crosses but in detail
related to the Oxford Martyrs' Memorial. Octagonal on plan and rising in three main
stages, surmounted by a spire and cross. The shields in the panels of the first
stage copied from the Eleanor Crosses and bearing the arms of England, Castile, Leon
and Ponthieu; above the 2nd parapet are 8 statues of Queen Eleanor in niches similar
to those of the Oxford Martyrs' Memorial. The client was the Charing Cross Hotel
Company, the station forecourt site being some distance from the original Charing
Cross site.
Survey of London; vol XVIII

Listing NGR: TQ3019780498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17550120

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings