Nelson Monument

Nelson Monument, Exchange Flags

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1068235
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:: Nelson Monument
Statutory Address:: Nelson Monument, Exchange Flags

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1068235
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-1975
List Entry Name:: Nelson Monument
Statutory Address 1:: Nelson Monument, Exchange Flags

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Nelson Monument, Exchange Flags

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Liverpool (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SJ 34152 90540

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27/09/2018

SJ 3490 NW 48/441

EXCHANGE FLAGS L2 Nelson Monument

14.3.75

II* Monument. 1813. M.Cotes Wyatt, with work by Westmacott. Stone and bronze on granite base. Circular monument with encircling inscription 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' repeated. Four chained prisoners seated around a circular drum which has four reliefs in panels, and festoons. Bronze group on top, allegorical, of apotheosis of dead Nelson. Base contains iron ventilator grilles for warehouse (now car park) beneath the square. Earliest public monument in Liverpool.

Listing NGR: SJ3415190539

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Legacy System number:: 214085
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.