Lord Nelson Monument
LORD NELSON MONUMENT, GRAND PARADE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1103855
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Lord Nelson Monument
- Statutory Address:
- LORD NELSON MONUMENT, GRAND PARADE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1103855
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1999
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Dec-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Lord Nelson Monument
- Statutory Address 1:
- LORD NELSON MONUMENT, GRAND PARADE
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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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LORD NELSON MONUMENT, GRAND PARADE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 63170 99211
Details
774-1/12/395 GRAND PARADE 18-MAR-1999 SOUTHSEA LORD NELSON MONUMENT (Formerly listed as: PEMBROKE GARDENS SOUTHSEA LORD NELSON MONUMENT)
GV II
Monument. Erected 1951. Moved from Pembroke Gardens to its present location from Pembroke Gardens in 2005. By F Brook Hitch, FRBS, to designs by Dr HJ Aldous LRCS, LSA. Bronze statue of Lord Nelson on granite base set on stepped plinth, bronze plaque on 3 sides. The monument is near the place on the beach where Nelson embarked for HMS Victory on 14 September 1805. Main inscription reads "Horatio Viscount Nelson K.B., Duke of Bronte in Sicily, Vice-Admiral of the White. His last hours in England before leaving for the battle of Trafalgar were spent at the George Hotel, High St., Portsmouth which hotel was destroyed with a great part of Portsmouth in a German air raid on this city on January 10th-11th 1941. His remains were brought to Spithead December 4th 1805 on board H.M.S. Victory which ship was badly damaged in the Forefoot by a bomb in a raid on the 10th March 1941." On another plaque is inscribed Nelson's prayer. The monument was presented to the city in 1951 by Dr HJ Aldous. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The monument has special interest as a high-quality piece of post-war public art by a noted sculptor, dedicated to a major figure in British history. It also has group value with a row of listed town houses and the Royal Garrison Church nearby. It was moved to its present location from Pembroke Gardens in 2005.
Listing NGR: SZ6425599150
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 474996
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lloyd, D W, Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 86
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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