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Cantal Encore un cheval

Elephant Vauxhall

Auvergne

House of South Africa London

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Auvergne

Side door to Bank of England1

Elephant Vauxhall

This fine beast is one of two gracing the roof of the former Elephant and Castle (you'd never have guessed, would you?) public house at Vauxhall. This one looks down upon Vauxhall bus station while his partner smiles upon the railway line and station. The building is now home to a Starbucks on the ground floor and I've heard it said that that is why he looks a little as if he is about to jump - but that's purely fanciful

Buxton memorial fountain - detail London.

Part of larger than life statue on side of old Midland Bank building in Princess street by Bank of england in the City of London.

The Yale is a mythical beast, said to be white in colour and covered in golden spots. It had the peculiar characteristic of being able to swivel each of its horns idependently. It descends to the Queen through Henry VII, who inherited it from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. His shield shows the portcullis surmounted by the arched Royal crown. The uncrowned portcullis was a Beaufort badge but Henry VII used both crowned and uncrowned versions.

This is one of ten statues outside the Great Palm House at Kew Gardens. Each one was once used as a heraldic badge by the Queen's ancestors. The originals were made by John Woodford and placed in front of Westminster Abbey annex for the coronation of the Queen in 1953. These replicas were made by the same sculptor in Portland Stone and presented to Kew Gardens by an anonymous donor in 1956.

The White Horse of Hanover was introduced into the Royal Arms in 1714 when the throne of Great Britain passed to the Elector George of Hanover, grandson Charles I's sister, Elizabeth. He acceded the throne as George I. The shield shows the leopards of England the lion of Scotland in the first quarter, the fleur-de-lis of France in the second, the Irish harp in the third and, in the final quarter, the arms of Hanover.

Lion of England

Pump Head, the Aldgate Pump England
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Dragon on the Kings Head Pub, Southwark

For Guess Where London.

Queen Square London.

London

The inscription reads - "unto God be Glory and Honour" this is the main entrance to the Drapers Hall one of the oldest and I suspect wealthyist guilds in the City of London - its beside Trogmorton avenue(sp?) which is a gated passage.

Lion, ring, fruit garland, swags & tails on the left front of Dartford Library, Central Park, Kent

Animals in War Memorial
This monument is dedicated to all animals that served and died alongside British and allied forces in wars and campaigns throughout time. It stands at Brook Gate on Park Lane in London and was designed by David Backhouse.