Statue of Queen Anne

STATUE OF QUEEN ANNE, WELLINGTON

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1207015
Date first listed:
04-Jul-1952
Statutory Address:
STATUE OF QUEEN ANNE, WELLINGTON
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1207015
Date first listed:
04-Jul-1952
Statutory Address 1:
STATUE OF QUEEN ANNE, WELLINGTON

Location

Statutory Address:
STATUE OF QUEEN ANNE, WELLINGTON

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

District:
Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Minehead
National Grid Reference:
SS 96773 46166

Details

MINEHEAD

SS9646 WELLINGTON SQUARE 900-1/3/115 (South side) 04/07/52 Statue of Queen Anne

GV II*

Statue of Queen Anne. 1719, by Francis Bird. Alabaster. The over-life-size standing figure of Queen Anne is in full court dress with regalia. Pedestal and canopy 1893, by H Dare Bryan. Marble and freestone. The statue stands on a cuboid marble plinth with a moulded cornice. Behind it is an ashlar wall approx 5m high, with a dentilled pediment and cornice over an inscription in Art Nouveau lettering with date. A half dome with a triglyph frieze and cornice over the statue is supported by 4 marble columns resting on a pierced balustrade to the front. HISTORY: Sir Joseph Bancks, MP for Minehead 1698-1713, commissioned Francis Bird in 1719 to make a statue of Queen Anne similar to that in St Paul's Cathedral. Originally placed in St Michael's Church, St Michael's Road (qv), it was moved to Wellington Square in 1893.

Listing NGR: SS9677346166

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