Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow

Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1139844
Date first listed:: 28-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow
Statutory Address:: Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1139844
Date first listed:: 28-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow
Statutory Address 1:: Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough

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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:: Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough

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District:: Middlesbrough (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: NZ 49661 20621

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This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on the 6 June 2022 to update the text

NZ 4920 NE 8/33

MIDDLESBROUGH EXCHANGE SQUARE. Monument to H.W.F. Bolckow.

G.V. II

Monument to HWF Bolckow, dated 1881 by DW Stevenson, sculptor, and Sir John Steell, founder (Edinburgh). The monument comprises a red granite pedestal with a signed bronze figure; the standing male figure wearing a frock-coat holds the Charter of Incorporation of Middlesbrough. There are two chamfered steps below the pedestal. The north-west face of the die and plinth are inscribed: ‘H.W.F. BOLCKOW’, and ‘ERECTED 1881’. A bronze tablet on the south-east face of the die has raised lettering: ‘THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH, ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1881’. Originally erected outside the Middlesbrough Royal Exchange in Marton Road, it was moved to Albert Park in 1925 and in 1986 moved here on the site of Royal Exchange. HWF Bolckow was the co-founder of Middlesbrough's iron industry in 1840.

Listing NGR: NZ4966120621

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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.