Albert Memorial

When I was still a tourist here, the pilgrimage to the Albert Memorial was a necessary part of every visit.

Genre Chick Interview: Robin McKinley princessalethea 2007

The contemplation of these two monuments may suggest a comparison between two others that are rising up in western London at the present time, -- the 'Albert Memorial' and the 'Hall of Science.'

Normandy Picturesque Henry Blackburn 1863

The most famous essay – Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin's Palace of Westminster – was followed by George Gilbert Scott's Albert Memorial and William Butterfield's red and white bricked Keble College, a streaky-bacon love song to one of the century's most influential high churchmen.

British architecture: Victorian and Edwardian 2011

Scott's other dazzling Gothic creation is the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, commissioned by Queen Victoria as a medieval shrine to her late husband and dedicated in 1872.

Gothic Renaissance in London Colin Amery 2011

Indeed, if a modern-day architect were to design a new Albert Memorial, he would have the satisfaction of knowing that his copyright is likely to be sprightly and in the prime of life long after the concrete and steel of his architectural creation have started to crumble.

B2fxxx 2009

Indeed, if a modern-day architect were to design a new Albert Memorial, he would have the satisfaction of knowing that his copyright is likely to be sprightly and in the prime of life long after the concrete and steel of his architectural creation have started to crumble.

Archive 2009-03-15 2009

The Albert Memorial glistens with its over-the-top gold as I cycle past.

The Westminster diocesan archives... Joanna Bogle 2008

The Albert Memorial glistens with its over-the-top gold as I cycle past.

Archive 2008-09-01 Joanna Bogle 2008

I cycled back along past Kensington Gardens and the Albert Memorial - which on this cool spring/summer evening looked simply splendid, glittering in gold.

auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2007

He therefore met his lady-love on the steps of the Albert Memorial, whither she had managed to take herself all alone from the door of the family mansion.

Ayala's Angel 2004