Description

TQ 2979 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1
90/19
Queen Victoria Memorial:
Gates and gatepiers,
5.2.70 balustrades, steps and
retaining wall with
fountain framing west
end of the Mall

G.V. I

Gates, piers, balustrades surrounding Buckingham Palace rondpoint and retaining
wall with fountain above west end of St James's Park. 1901-11 by Sir Aston Webb
as part of the Victoria Memorial - Mall scheme completing the setting for
Buckingham Palace. Portland stone and ornamental ironwork. Beaux Arts inspired
Imperial classicism. Tall panelled gate piers with armorial badges or trophies,
either surmounted by trophy-sculptural groups on the main axis or by gilded, Rococo,
candelabra lanterns; the ironwork of gates of Louis XV/Louis XVI derivation; the
retaining wall to St James's Park rusticated with buttress-piers and overflow
fountain down to lake.

Listing NGR: TQ2911279822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Canada Gate at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q18889826

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