Let’s Draw Postman’s Park on Saturday 10^th August 2024

Postman’s Park opened in 1880 on the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s Aldersgate church. Over the next 20 years, it expanded to include the adjacent burial grounds of Christ Church Greyfriars and St Leonard, Foster Lane, along with the site of demolished housing.

In 1900, the park became home to George Frederic Watts’s Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, honoring ordinary people who died saving others, with a loggia and memorial tablets.

The sketchwalk will be led by Peggy Wong and Andrea Deng.

Key times and meeting points for the day:

How to get there: the nearest tube station is St Paul’s (Central Line), within 4-5 minutes walk.

Exit St. Paul’s station on to Cheapside. Walk north on to St. Martin’s Le Grand. Postman’s Park is on the left.

11 am: Meet in Postman’s Park, in front of the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice.

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1 pm: throw-down at the same place, and first group photo.

3.30 pm: final throw-down at the same place, and group photo.

Afterwards: Drink&Draw at The Paternoster pub. 2-4 Queens Head Passage, Paternoster Sq., London EC4M 7DZ

Postman’s Park, the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice. Sketch by **Peggy Wong**

Options to sketch:

In 1900, Postman Park became home to George Frederic Watts’s Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, honoring ordinary people who died saving others, with a loggia and memorial tablets.

The Barbican Estate is a residential complex in central London, England, with around 2,000 flats, maisonettes, and houses. Built on a site devastated by World War II bombings, it remains an upmarket residential estate. It also includes the Barbican Arts Centre, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, and the City of London School for Girls.

Christ Church Greyfriars was established as a monastic church in the thirteenth century. It became a parish church after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Following its destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666, it was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. Except for the tower, the church was largely destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. The decision was made not to rebuild the church; the ruins are now a public garden.