Griffin, Temple Bar,

Griffin

Sculptor: Charles Bell Birch

Architect: Sir Horace Jones

1880

Bronze

Temple Bar Memorial as seen from the Strand, London

The monument stands in the middle of the road opposite Law Courts, where Fleet Street takes over from the Strand. It marks the place where Wren's Temple Bar used to stand, as the ceremonial entrance to the City of London from Westminster. Temple Bar, removed in 1878 because it obstructed the traffic (see accounts of the Duke of Wellington's funeral), has now been restored and re-erected in Paternoster Square by St Paul's.

Other views of the monument

  • The Griffin, against the Child's Bank building
  • View from the Strand

    • Photograph and text by Jacqueline Banerjee 2006

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