Statue of Jacob - The Circle Dray Horse by Shirley Pace,
Jacob - The Circle Dray Horse by Shirley Pace, unveiled 1987. On a bronze plaque on the pedestal: The famous Courage dray horses were stabled on this site from the early nineteenth century and delivered beer around London from the brewery on Horselydown Lane by Tower Bridge. In the sixteenth century the area became known as Horselydown, which derives from horse-lie-down, a description of working horses resting before crossing London Bridge into the City of London. The Circle Queen Elizabeth Street Map Developer: Waterhouse in partnership with Harry Handelsman’s Farlane Architect: Piers Gough On a acre site, the former Courage Brewery stables, once housed over 100 dray horses. The Circle was launched in 1987 and completed in 1991. Has a quarter size bronze sculpture of a dray horse. 299 apartments, 3 houses, health & fitness spa, swimming pool and 4 private gardens plus a circular entrance courtyard in blue glazed bricks.
Size: 2704px × 4064px
Location: Elizabeth Street, Bermondsey, London, England,
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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