Drake Statue

Date:
7 Aug 1999
Location:
Drake Statue, The Promenade, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PL
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Drake Statue, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PL
Reference:
IOE01/00186/19
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

PLYMOUTH

SX4753 THE PROMENADE, Hoe 740-1/66/303 Drake Statue 01/05/75 (Formerly Listed as: THE HOE, Plymouth Drake Statue)

GV II*

Memorial with statue. 1884. By JE Boem, sculptor. Dressed granite. Square plan. Stepped base to vermiculated plinth ramped in to polished pink granite chest with moulded white granite cornice and sloped in as base to large bronze statue of Sir Francis Drake with globe under his right hand and his left hand on his sword. Low perimeter fence with granite plinth and chains between turned cast-iron stanchions. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 665).





Listing NGR: SX4770053902

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0996 IOE Records taken by Derek Hiscock; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Derek Hiscock. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Hiscock, Derek

Rights Holder: Hiscock, Derek

Keywords

Bronze, Granite, Victorian Statue, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Sculpture, Garden Ornament, Street Furniture, Commemorative Monument, Commemorative