Marble arch north side to oxford street.
Marble arch statue.
A bronze sculpture of mongolian warrior genghis khan has been unveiled at marble arch in central london.
In 1851 on the initiative of architect and urban planner decimus.
The eight enormous corinthian columns were each cut from a single slab of marble.
North side of the arch.
The sides of marble arch are blank except for three carved wreaths high up.
For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile.
Nearby is nic fiddian green s impressive statue still water which has now become a feature of the traffic roundabout as much as the original arch but sadly its plinth has graffiti on it and when i was there it was being used as a location for young people having a drinking binge.
Twenty one bronze life size elephants were unveiled yesterday in london s marble arch by celebrities including stanley johnson and peter egan joined by the sheldrick wildlife trust and 16 local school children to highlight the plight of elephants which face extinction by 2040.
It stood near the site of what is today the three bayed central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony.
John nash famous for the nash terraces of regent s park and much else was the architect working in the 1820s and in 1825 he gave to the sculptor john flaxman the task of designing the sculptural adornment.
The whole arch is clad in ravaccione a grey white type of carrara marble from italy.
Still water is a 2011 outdoor bronze sculpture of a horse s head by nic fiddian green located at marble arch in london united kingdom.
The 16ft tall 5m statue captures the legendary leader wearing mongolian armour on his steed.
Nearby is nic fiddian green s impressive statue still water which has now become a feature of the traffic roundabout as much as the original arch but sadly its plinth has graffiti on it and when i was there it was being used as a location for young people having a drinking binge.
For me this made the visit to marble arch worthwhile.
This was the first time marble had been used in this way on any british building.
Marble arch was designed to be both a grandiose gateway to an expanded buckingham palace and an exuberant celebration of british.
John nash 1752 1835 was the favoured architect of the prince regent later king george iv.
