Nash for Cash

This rather splendid bronze gate is on Marble Arch, one of London's most celebrated landmarks.
In 1828 George IV commisioned John Nash to design a triumphal arch to celebrate victory against Napoleon. Originally it was situated at the end of the Mall, as the entrance to Buckingham Palace. But when the front of the palace was redesigned in 1855 the arch was moved to its present location, the site of the old Tyburn gallows, now a busy roundabout.
Inside the arch are three small rooms, which until 1950 were used as a police station.
The arch suffered in its new position, both from the effects of the pollution from passing traffic, & being crapped upon by London's many squadrons of pigeons! A restoration costing £75,000 (apparently about the same as the cost of the original construction) was completed in 2004.