Antrim Gardens Relics
For relic seekers with some time on their hands, there is another garden, this time in Hampstead, which is well worth a visit when you’re close by.
Well head taken from the original House of Commons
Antrim Grove has a small children’s playground area called Antrim Gardens, formerly used as a tennis court. Visiting this small park has a surprise in store, for here we can have two curiosities for the price of one.
There is a well-head made from the stonework taken from the original House of Commons, which suffered a fire in 1834.
Baluster from the original Waterloo Bridge
The Houses of Parliament we see today were rebuilt by architect
Charles Barry, after a fire. There is also a baluster from the original
John Rennie’s Waterloo Bridge, (demolished in 1936). When this was originally erected in the gardens it was converted into a sundial, but with the passing of time (excuse the pun) the only thing left remaining are the scars where the sundial fittings were once attached. Both these items were presented by a Mr and Mrs Lionel Barnett in 1945.
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