Latitude: 51.5016 / 51°30'5"N
Longitude: -0.1413 / 0°8'28"W
OS Eastings: 529105
OS Northings: 179706
OS Grid: TQ291797
Mapcode National: GBR DH.FX
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.HJM8
Plus Code: 9C3XGV25+JF
Entry Name: Buckingham Palace Forecourt Gate Piers, Gates, Railings and Lamps
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1239251
English Heritage Legacy ID: 417078
ID on this website: 101239251
Location: St James's, Westminster, London, SW1A
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: Gate
TQ 2979 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1 90/21 Buckingham Palace forecourt 5.2.70 gate piers, gates, railings and lamps
I G.V.
Palace forecourt gate piers with lamps, gates, railings. 1901-1911 by Sir Aston Webb as part of his Victoria Memorial scheme together with the gates, balustrades etc at the west end of the Mall, q.v. Portland stone and ornate ironwork. Beaux Arts inspired Imperial classicism. Tall panelled gate piers with carved trophies and ornamented, surmounted by sculptural groups and heraldic beasts, the main piers with candelabra lanterns and single lanterns to the piers spacing the railings; the ornamental gates of wrought iron and bronze by W Gilbert and L Weingarten of the Bromsgrove Guild. The gate piers are in fact those designed by Blore in 1847-50, re-used, copied and elaborated by Webb.
Listing NGR: TQ2911379693
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