Obelisk At The Centre Of St George'S Circus

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TQ3179 ST GEORGE'S CIRCUS 636-1/4/464 02/03/1950 Obelisk at the centre of St George's Circus

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Obelisk. 1771. Robert Mylne. Stone. Removed from St George's Circus in 1905.Inscribed as follows: north face: ERECTED IN XI YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD. MDCCLXXI. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRASS CROSBY ESQUIRE, LORD MAYOR. South face: ONE MILE, CCCL FEET FROM FLEET STREET. Arms of the City of London below. East face: ONE MILE FROM PALACE YARD, WESTMINSTER HALL. West face: ONE MILE, XXXX FEET FROM LONDON BRIDGE. HISTORY. this obelisk was erected in 1771 in the centre of St George's Circus as part of the grand planning scheme designed by Mylne for Blackfriars Bridge Road. It provided the focal point(and signpost) for the radiating roads leading to various parts of the city from the entrance from the south. In c1897 it was removed to make way for a Victoria Diamond Jubilee clock-tower and was re-erected in the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park on Lambeth Road where it was included in the List in 1950. In 1998 it was re-erected in its original position. The obelisk forms a significant group with the Duke of Clarence Public House no 32 London Road (qv), Nos 123-131 London Road (qv, Nos 113-119 Borough Road (qv and the former Presbyterian Chapel (qv) and St George the Martyr Library (qv), also Borough Road.

Listing NGR: TQ3165179453