Statue of Sir James Ramsden
STATUE OF SIR JAMES RAMSDEN, DUKE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210082
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Sir James Ramsden
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF SIR JAMES RAMSDEN, DUKE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210082
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Sir James Ramsden
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF SIR JAMES RAMSDEN, DUKE STREET
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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 SIR JAMES RAMSDEN, DUKE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 19600 69389
Details
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD1969SE DUKE STREET 708-1/12/64 Statue of Sir James Ramsden 06/05/76
GV II
Statue. 1872. Sculptor M Noble of London; stonework by MacDonald Field and Co of Aberdeen and London. Bronze on granite pedestal and limestone stylobate. Stepped base to square pedestal inscribed: 'IN HONOR/ OF/ SIR JAMES RAMSDEN/ FIRST MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH/ ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1872'. Bas-relief on left side depicts rural Barrow in 1846 whilst that on right shows industrial scene of 1871; dentilled cornice. The statue faces north along Abbey Road: Ramsden in mayoral robes and chain holds a chart of Barrow Port. Unveiled 1872 by the Duke of Devonshire. The statue cost »1,500 and the granite »500. Ramsden arrived with the railway in 1846, planned the new town and co-founded the Barrow Shipbuilding Co Ltd. Centrepiece of Ramsden Square. (Barrow in Furness, Almanack and Tide Table: Barrow in Furness: 1886-: 64).
Listing NGR: SD1960069389
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388464
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Barrow in Furness Almanack and Tide Tables, (1886), 64
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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