sps1955's photos with the keyword: Sir John Soane

One of the 1793 Coade Stone caryatids from Sir John Soane's staircase at Buckingham House. For the group and their history, see www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/6292381878/in/set-7215... .

Coade stone caryatids of 1793 at the junction of the Coronation Avenue and the Cross Avenue, laid out from 1937. The figures came from Buckingham House on Pall Mall, demolished in 1908 for the erection of the Royal Automobile Club. The National Trust guide describes them as coming from the entrance hall but they appear in fact to have come from the attic of Soane's staircase ( www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40594 for architectural history of Buckingham House; www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=40859&fil... for photograph). See set page for general history of Anglesey Abbey.