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Latitude: 51.5084 / 51°30'30"N
Longitude: -0.1253 / 0°7'31"W
OS Eastings: 530197
OS Northings: 180499
OS Grid: TQ301804
Mapcode National: GBR JF.0F
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.SB3Z
Plus Code: 9C3XGV5F+9V
Entry Name: Queen Eleanor Memorial Cross
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1236708
English Heritage Legacy ID: 427795
Also known as: Charing Cross
ID on this website: 101236708
Location: London, Westminster, London, WC2N
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: Memorial
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
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