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Incisive Letterwork

Incisive Letterwork carved the original names in the granite wall at the Bow Street entrance in 1999. In 2007 a replacement slate was installed to celebrate the renaming of the Floral Hall to Paul Hamlyn Hall.
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Presence and absense (1st stone)

White lodge

Atque

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