THE FITZCLARENCE MONUMENT
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1103860
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sep-1972
- Statutory Address:
- THE FITZCLARENCE MONUMENT, PEMBROKE ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE FITZCLARENCE MONUMENT, PEMBROKE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 63657 99161
Details
PORTSMOUTH
SZ6399 PEMBROKE ROAD
774-1/12/80 (North East side)
25/09/72 The Fitzclarence Monument
II
Also known as: The Clarence Monument PEMBROKE ROAD.
Monument. 1852. By J Truefitt and WB Davis. Portland stone.
Tapering octagonal column on multi-stepped base, Gothic
crowning feature of octagonal capital with ogee crocketed
tracery to underside and finial with traceried panels and
crockets, terminated in a weather vane (broken). Erected in
memory of Lieutenant-General Fitzclarence who died 1852.
Inscription reads: "To Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick
Fitzclarence, G.C.H., this column was erected by the
inhabitants of Portsmouth to mark their sense of the many
services rendered to the Borough during his command of this
garrison, 1852".
(Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of
Portsmouth: 1989-: 10; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and
its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 82).
Listing NGR: SZ6334899296
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475001
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Berridge, D W , Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth, (1984), 10
Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 82
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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