MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: pedestal

Alf Barrett Playground, Old Gloucester Street. Info from the Capital Walks in London blog: "Humphry ... used to live in Queen Square (the statue, that is) but was relocated to the Alf Barrett children’s playground in nearby Old Gloucester Street. Humphry, the real cat, lived at the Mary Ward Adult Education Centre [formerly located] in the Square. He was named after Humphry Ward, husband of the centre’s founder Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward, the Victorian social reformer and novelist. Humphry is the first and only sculpture completed by Marcia Solway who attended sculpture classes at the Centre and lived nearby. Sadly, Marcia died of epilepsy aged only 34 in 1992. The statue was donated by her mother Carole Solway."

Grade II listed drinking fountain on West End Green at the junction of Mill Lane and West End Lane. The inscription reads: Presented by Miss Miles in memory of her mother who lived in West End 76 years 1897 historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1390501?section=official-list-entry

World War I bomb damage to the pedestal of the sphinx, Victoria Embankment. Plaque reads: THE SCARS THAT DISFIGURE THE PEDESTAL OF THE OBELISK, THE BASES OF THE SPINXES, AND THE RIGHT HAND SPHINX WERE CAUSED BY FRAGMENTS OF A BOMB DROPPED IN THE ROADWAY CLOSE TO THIS SPOT, IN THE FIRST RAID ON LONDON BY GERMAN AEROPLANES A FEW MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 1917