Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture
Two little mice nibbling cheese on a City wall, said to be London's smallest public sculpture with a tragic backstory.
The lowdown
High on a wall on Philpot Lane, easy to walk beneath a thousand times without noticing, are two tiny carved mice nibbling at a piece of cheese, often called the smallest public sculpture in London. They date from the 1860s and have a grimly memorable legend attached.
The story goes that during the building of a nearby monument, two workmen fell to their deaths after one accused the other of stealing his lunchtime cheese, when the real culprit was mice. The little carving is said to honour them. True or not, it is free to find and a charming reward for anyone willing to look up in the City.
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