Statue of James Steel
STATUE OF JAMES STEEL, ENGLISH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196942
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of James Steel
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF JAMES STEEL, ENGLISH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196942
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of James Steel
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF JAMES STEEL, ENGLISH STREET
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.
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:
- STATUE OF JAMES STEEL, ENGLISH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NY4010955833
Details
CARLISLE
NY4055 ENGLISH STREET
671-1/12/127 (West side)
13/11/72 Statue of James Steel
(Formerly Listed as:
Steel Monument)
GV II
Statue of James Steel. 1859 for the subscribers, by WF
Woodington. Dalbeattie granite base and plinth surmounted by
white marble figure. Square base with 4 angle granite
bollards. Stepped plinth, the shaft inscribed JAMES STEEL
MAYOR 1845 AND 1846, in 3 lines. Larger-than-life bare-headed
figure in breeches and frock coat, holding a scrolled paper;
heavily weathered, cleaned in 1989; left hand broken off when
moved to its present location on 6 August 1989. Formerly
erected in the Market Place, for further details see Carlisle
Journal (1858 and 1859); the unveiling was illustrated in the
Illustrated London News.
James Steel was editor of the Carlisle Journal. William
Frederick Woodington (1806-93) was a prominent C19 figure
sculptor whose best known work is the bronze relief of the
Battle of the Nile at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar
Square.
(Carlisle Journal: 1 October 1858; Carlisle Journal: 18 March
1859).
Listing NGR: NY4010955833
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386725
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Carlisle Journal in 1 October, (1858)
Carlisle Journal in 18 March, (1859)
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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