Prince of Orange Monument
PRINCE OF ORANGE MONUMENT, THE QUAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218728
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- List Entry Name:
- Prince of Orange Monument
- Statutory Address:
- PRINCE OF ORANGE MONUMENT, THE QUAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218728
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Prince of Orange Monument
- Statutory Address 1:
- PRINCE OF ORANGE MONUMENT, THE QUAY
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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:
- PRINCE OF ORANGE MONUMENT, THE QUAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brixham
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 92562 56324
Details
BRIXHAM
SX9256SE THE QUAY, Lower Brixham 1946-1/11/219 (East side) 18/10/49 Prince of Orange Monument (Formerly Listed as: BRIXHAM HARBOUR Prince of Orange Monument on the New Pier)
GV II
Obelisk with inset paving-stone. 1823; paving-stone reputedly 1688 or earlier. Granite obelisk, the 2 bottom steps of its plinth of pink Devonian limestone; paving-stone of local black and white marble. An obelisk on a tapered moulded pedestal, this in turn standing on a plinth of 3 steps. Set into the south-east face of the pedestal is a paving-stone incised with the inscription in worn letters: ON THIS STONE AND NEAR THIS SPOT WILLIAM PRINCE OF ORANGE FIRST SET FOOT ON HIS LANDING IN ENGLAND FIFTH NOVEMBER 1688. Set into the north-west face is a local grey and pink polished marble plaque inscribed in gilt letters: THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ON THE 21ST JULY 1988 TO COMMEMORATE THE TERCENTENARY OF THE LANDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF ORANGE AT BRIXHAM. On top of the obelisk is an iron spike, probably originally carrying a finial or a lamp. The paving-stone was reused for the landing at Brixham of the Duke of Clarence (late William IV) in 1823. Half of it was then set in this obelisk, the other half being carved with an inscription commemorating the Duke's visit and set up on the New Pier, where a copy of it can still be seen. A fragment was enclosed 'in a box of heart of oak 800 years old' and presented to the Duke. The obelisk originally stood in the Fish Market on the east side of The Quay, close to King William's Steps (since demolished). It was moved to the New Pier in 1849 and back to The Quay in 1988. (White W: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire: Sheffield: 1850-: 426; Gregory C: Brixham in Devonia: Totnes: 1896-: 60).
Listing NGR: SX9256256324
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383743
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gregory, C, Brixham in Devonia, (1896), 60
Whites Directory in History Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire, (1850), 426
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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