Dr Johnson Statue
DR JOHNSON STATUE, MARKET SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1217846
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Dr Johnson Statue
- Statutory Address:
- DR JOHNSON STATUE, MARKET SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1217846
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Dr Johnson Statue
- Statutory Address 1:
- DR JOHNSON STATUE, MARKET SQUARE
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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:
- DR JOHNSON STATUE, MARKET SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Lichfield (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lichfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 11742 09561
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/09/2015
SK1109NE
1094-1/5/121
LICHFIELD,
MARKET SQUARE (North West side),
Dr Johnson Statue
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
Dr Johnson Statue)
05/02/52
GV II*
Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson. 1838. By Richard Cockle Lucas.
Ashlar. Seated statue on plinth. Plinth has torus moulding to
base; 3 sides with reliefs illustrating scenes from Johnson's
life, influenced by Donatello's Schiacciato Relief (Pevsner
p194); rear panel has inscription commemorating the gift of
the statue by Dr James Thomas Law, Chancellor of the Diocese,
with later plaque commemorating the 200th anniversary of
Johnson's death. Seated figure of Johnson in academic robes,
deep in thought, on a Greek Revival chair with books beneath.
Dr Johnson, 1709-84, writer and critic, edited the dictionary
for which he is chiefly remembered, one of the 2 great
landmarks in the history of English dictionaries.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: P.194; Drabble M: The Oxford Companion to English
Literature: Oxford: 1985-: P.274, 513-5).
Listing NGR: SK1174209561
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 382677
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 274, 513-5
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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