Statue of Alfred the Great, Southwark

[2] It stands 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) high and depicts a broad-shouldered, bearded man wearing robes and a crown.

[1] The garden is usually private and accessible only by residents of the road, but was opened to the public for the first time on a temporary basis in November 2021.

As part of the works it was discovered that the lower portion of the statue was Roman in origin and dated to 80–130 AD.

[3] The 2021 conservation works confirmed that the top half of the statue is of Coade stone, which was developed from the 1770s.

The work to combine this with the Roman lower portion would have been complicated as Coade stone shrinks during its four-day kiln firing.