File:Royal Mews - Buckingham Palace Road - Buckingham Palace Riding School - sculpture frieze (20958548126).jpg

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The road to Buckingham Palace on Buckingham Palace Road.


<a href="http://wikimapia.org/13899/Royal-Mews" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Royal Mews</a>

The royal mews, once a stable now a garage for Royal Family.

The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name derives from the fact that they were confined there at moulting (or “mew”) time.


Buckingham Palace Riding School

Grade I listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-417005-buckingham-palace-riding-school-greater-#.VeIRdvSC8Xw" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Buckingham Palace Riding School, Westminster</a>

   TQ 2879 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1
   98/23
   5.2.70 Buckingham Palace
   Riding School
   GV I
   Riding school. 1764, but frieze and pediment later. Pedimental sculpture of
   1859 by W. Theed Junior. Stucco, low hipped slate roof. Symmetrical
   composition. Tall 1-storey hall with 2-storey blocks to each end. 13 bays.
   Arched windows. Centre 3 bays set forward slightly with pediment containing
   sculptural group representing Hercules and the Thracian horses. Rich acanthus
   frieze. Timber consoled eaves cornice. Two dormers to roof.


   Listing NGR: TQ2895979442


This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

Source: English Heritage

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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camera location51° 29′ 56.64″ N, 0° 08′ 36.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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