• Buying an Environmental Study
• David Gentleman Lithograph
• Become a Year Donor
• Sundial Sponsorship
• Time Plaque Sponsorship
• Sponsor Street Improvements
• Gift Aid

How you can help the Charity

HELPING THE TRUST
THE SEVEN DIALS RENAISSANCE PROJECT – A NATIONAL EXEMPLAR

As a small charity doing big things in the heart of our capital city as a national exemplar we need your support to preserve and enhance this remarkable townscape – the only part of our city which remains from late Stuart England in the 1690’s. As you can see from this website our public realm work with our partners aims to set an exemplar for other city centre conservation areas, and our current improvements in Seven Dials have been speedily copied by others in London’s West End.

Our first achievement was reconstructing the Sundial Pillar at Seven Dials and as the Architects Journal wrote:
‘The re-erected column now serves as a wonderful object-lesson in the creation both of urban space and of street life. What had degenerated into a mere crossroads has once again become a Classical circus and, thanks to the built-in seating at the base of the column, it has also become a popular place for meeting, sitting and conversation’ CLICK HERE (1)

If you want to see what others have said about the ‘Renaissance’ project CLICK HERE (2)
‘…if the proposals for Seven Dials were carried out they would lead to a national show-piece and something to which many could turn as a source for guidance.’ Royal Town Planning Institute.

We work within a partnership (a long standing tradition in Covent Garden long before such partnership models became fashionable) – Our Trust, various departments of Camden Council, Shaftesbury PLC, and our colleagues in the Covent Garden Community Association. For our lighting project this is extended to also include: the City of Westminster, the Corporation of London, English Heritage and the Mercers’ Company. You can see details in the ‘Lighting Seven Dials’ section of the website.

We have a number of unusual and we hope imaginative sponsorship schemes. You can us help by:-



BUYING OUR CARDS



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‘Opening of London Bridge by William IV, 1831’ by William Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867)
We have a limited stock of these cards printed by the Westerham Press plus some others where we only have a few – please ask us.
The cards are £1 each with self a seal envelope and please contact us for orders and further details.




BUYING A LIMITED EDITION DAVID GENTLEMAN LITHOGRAPH



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‘The Sundial Pillar at Seven Dials’ – 21” x 24” (54cm x 61 cm). £75 including postage & packing in the UK, delivered tubed.
This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 150 lithographs, created by David Gentleman as a donation to the charity and printed by the renowned Westerham Press who also donated their services. David’s famous series ‘Prospects of Covent Garden’ (1971) sold out many years ago and this is, in effect, an addition to that series. We are pleased to offer this work by one of England’s best known artists, and please note that the image does not do full justice to the work which is a dark grey monotone.



BECOMING A YEAR DONOR – 1693 ONWARDS



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Each subscriber receives a signed and numbered limited edition collotype of ‘Seven Dials c.1750’ drawn by our trustee Paul Draper taken from the painting of Seven Dials by William Hodges. Each one can be individually dedicated, and the years and sponsors will be listed on a site plaque on the Dials. Paul Draper is one of the country’s leading architectural illustrators as you can see from this magnificent drawing. As you can see from our year donors list you will be in good company if you become a sponsor!
The cost of sponsorship is £300 per year via gift-aid.



BECOMING A SUNDIAL SPONSOR
There are six Sundials of which three have been sponsored. You can see the details from the drawing below.





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Each sponsor receives a unique Portland stone section of their Sundial (9½” x 6½”), cut, painted and gilded by Caroline Webb who carved and gilded the faces on the Seven Dials Sundial Pillar. Each one is set in a specially carved wooden presentation frame with the sponsor’s details on a small brass plaque on the front of the free standing presentation frame. You also receive a specially dedicated Paul Draper limited edition collotype, and each sponsors name will be recorded on the site plaque to be installed on the Dials.

The cost of sponsorship is a minimum of £10,000 via gift-aid.

The following Sundials are available:-

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NORTH - CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE (11)
WEST OF NORTH – CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE (12)



BECOMING A TIME PLAQUE SPONSOR



Seven permanent cast bronze Time Plaques will be placed on façades facing the Dials enabling the public to convert apparent local solar time into Greenwich Mean Time. They were designed by our consultant astronomer Gordon Taylor of the Greenwich Royal Observatory. Three have been sponsored and are installed on the Dials in prominent positions.


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Each plaque carries the name of the sponsor together with a quote about ‘time’ which together with your name, is affixed to your plaque. . You also receive a dedicated Paul Draper limited edition collotype with a dedication of your choice.

You can choose your own quotation, or one from our long list of ‘time’ quotes.
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The cost of sponsorship is a minimum of £20,000 via gift-aid.
 

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