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Wellington Arch

A Grade I Listed Building in City of Westminster, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5025 / 51°30'9"N

Longitude: -0.1508 / 0°9'2"W

OS Eastings: 528444

OS Northings: 179799

OS Grid: TQ284797

Mapcode National: GBR BH.9K

Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.BHMH

Plus Code: 9C3XGR3X+2M

Entry Name: Wellington Arch

Listing Date: 9 January 1970

Last Amended: 1 December 1987

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1278092

English Heritage Legacy ID: 406663

ID on this website: 101278092

Location: Hyde Park Corner, Westminster, London, W1J

County: London

District: City of Westminster

Electoral Ward/Division: West End

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: City of Westminster

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Triumphal arch Georgian architecture

Description


TQ 2879 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER HYDE PARK CORNER, SW1 88/19 9.1.70 Wellington Arch (Formerly listed under GV Constitution Hill) I Triumphal arch, now containing police station. Erected 1846. Designed by Decimus Burton. Portland stone. Single archway flanked by coupled fluted Corinthian columns and pilasters. Heavy cornice. Scuptured plaques surmounted by bronze sculptured group of winged victory in chariot drawn by 4 horses, designed by Adrian Jones and placed in this position in 1912. London Vol I N Pevsner.

Listing NGR: TQ2844479799

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