Monument Escorts

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The Monument, is 202 ft tall representing a stone Roman Doric column in the City of London, close to the northern end of London Bridge. The Monument is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, within walking distance to the site where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. A splendid meeting point to entertain one of our distinguished and seductive London escorts. Where we are sure you will have an enjoyable and warming time with your chosen companion.

An additional monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner denotes the point close to Smithfield where the Great Fire finally stopped. Monument tube station is named after the monument. The original construction of the Monument took place between 1671 and 1677; the structure is possibly the tallest isolated stone column in the world.

The monument is built to emulate a Roman fluted Doric column constructed from Portland stone and crowned with a gilded urn of fire. The original design was created by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. Its 202 ft height marks the monument's distance to the site of Thomas Farynor, the king's baker's shop in Pudding Lane, where the Great Fire of London began.

The top of the monument can be accessed by climbing up a narrow winding staircase consisting of 311 steps. A cage structure was added during the mid-19th century attached to the top of the structure to prevent people jumping off; this was after six people had committed suicide between 1788 and 1842.

Located on three sides of the base of the monument, inscriptions in Latin can be found. The one on the south face illustrates the actions taken by Charles II, the then King of England, following the fire. The inscription on the east side describes how the monument was started and produced to perfection. It also carries the names of the mayors under which the lengthy construction took place. The inscriptions on the north face of the dais describe how the fire started, the amount of damaged it inflicted and how the fire was eventually extinguished. In 1681 additional scribing was added and reads, but Popish frenzy, which wrought such horrors, is not yet quenched. The inscription on the east face in general blames the Roman Catholics for the fire, which prompted Alexander Pope to iterate the following, where London’s column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. These words were chiselled out in 1831.

The west side of the base displays a sculpture, by Caius Gabriel Cibber, in alto and bas relief, of the destruction of the City; with King Charles II, and his brother, James, the Duke of York surrounded by Liberty, Architecture, and Science, giving directions for its restoration.