The Coronation Arches were a group of four steel arches erected over The Mall, London, for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Design
The arches were designed by Eric Bedford. The 70-foot (21 m) (other sources suggest a height of 85 feet (26 m)) tubular steel arches were floodlit and were adorned with metalwork crowns and golden cane fan-shaped designs.
Deconstruction
In a House of Commons debate on 3 December 1953, Minister of Works Sir David Eccles announced that he was considering the arches' fate, and that they may be used in the rebuilding of the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens. It was later decided that renovation was preferable to rebuilding, and this option was rejected.
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