The Faraday Memorial

The quirky memorial to local electricity pioneer Michael Faraday
Location: Elephant and Castle Roundabout
Description: The odd Michael Faraday Memorial is a monument to the Victorian scientist who lived nearby.
The striking stainless steel box-shaped structure was designed by Brutalist architect Rodney Gordon in 1959. Two years later it was installed here on the centre of the northern roundabout of the depressing Elephant and Castle gyratory system.
It's Grade II listed and contains rather suitably the London Underground electrical substation for the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line. It was formerly intended to be glass encased but that was never going to last, so steel won it in the long term.


The quirky memorial to local electricity pioneer Michael Faraday |
Ranking This Month: 1524/3019
Pages Hit This Month: 5
Your Comments:
Other places nearby:
Olympics 2012: Kapoor Sculpture», 4.6km
Emblem of the Cockney World», 0.0km
Girl with a Dolphin», 1.4km
Best Camel Statue», 2.5km
Nelson's Column», 1.4km
The Newborn Baby Sculpture», 1.4km
Princess Louise's Victoria», 3.7km
Gladstone's Redhanded Statue», 4.2km
Statue of Gandhi», 2.4km
The Pavlova Statue», 1.8km