In front of the Blue Coat Boy are five enscripted stone panels set in the pedestrianized walkway. They were put there in 1992, two years before the Blue Coat Boy statue was erected, which is odd, since the Blue Coat Boy seems to have taken ownership of the panels. And why not ? They are laid out at his feet. 

There are a number of problems associated with stone panels set in a pedestrian walkway, particularly the ones on Cross Street, which is only a couple of hundred yards long and doesn't really go anywhere. Not many people walk on Cross Street either. Cross Street is not on the Japanese tourist route. Anyone walking to work, for instance, may notice the Blue Coat Boy as they hurry by, but they are unlikely to notice the Richard Kindersley carved panels. I'd imagine leaves could be a problem in the autumn. Also, you'd need a really good camera to photograph these panels. They are all the same reddish colour with the inscriptions and artwork carved in.