It looks like it belongs in nearby Temple Church, but this stained glass figure of a knight watches over the inside of an old BT phone box.
The incongruous window, fitted inside a K2 phone box on Embankment opposite Middle Temple Lane, was first clocked in autumn 2019 — and it's been delighting and befuddling passers-by ever since.
The appearance of a knight here — a stone's thrown from Temple station and the Middle Temple area — isn't strange in itself. We can presume he's a nod to the Templars, an ancient order of knights, some of whom once resided in the area and eventually gave it its name.
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