William Shakespeare Statue and Fountain With Busts of Hogarth, Hunter,newton and Reynolds in Garden of Square

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STATUE AND FOUNTAIN WITH BUSTS OF HOGARTH, HUNTER,NEWTON AND REYNOLDS IN GARDEN OF SQUARE, LEICESTER SQUARE W1

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1221890
Date first listed:
24-Feb-1958
List Entry Name:
William Shakespeare Statue and Fountain With Busts of Hogarth, Hunter,newton and Reynolds in Garden of Square
Statutory Address:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STATUE AND FOUNTAIN WITH BUSTS OF HOGARTH, HUNTER,NEWTON AND REYNOLDS IN GARDEN OF SQUARE, LEICESTER SQUARE W1
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Date:
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1221890
Date first listed:
24-Feb-1958
List Entry Name:
William Shakespeare Statue and Fountain With Busts of Hogarth, Hunter,newton and Reynolds in Garden of Square
Statutory Address 1:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STATUE AND FOUNTAIN WITH BUSTS OF HOGARTH, HUNTER,NEWTON AND REYNOLDS IN GARDEN OF SQUARE, LEICESTER SQUARE W1

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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.

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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.

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Statutory Address:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE STATUE AND FOUNTAIN WITH BUSTS OF HOGARTH, HUNTER,NEWTON AND REYNOLDS IN GARDEN OF SQUARE, LEICESTER SQUARE W1

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

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
City of Westminster (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ2985880708

Details

TQ 2980 NE
71/71
24.2.58

CITY OF WESTMINSTER
LEICESTER SQUARE, W1

William Shakespeare Statue
and fountain with busts of
Hogarth, Hunter, Newton and
Reynolds in garden of
square.

G.V.
II

Memorial sculptural fountain in centre of garden with busts to four
corners. 1874 garden design by James Knowles with fountain sculpture by
G. Fontana. White marble. "Stratford" statue of the Bard on tall square
pedestal with dolphin supporters at angles over stepped circular plinth
rising from inner basin, outer basin as flower bed compartmented by volute
scrolls, the outer rim with pedestalled vases. The marble busts on granite
plinths part of the same 1874 layout: Hogarth by J. Denham, John Hunter by
T. Woolner, Isaac Newton by Calder Marshall, Reynolds by H. Weekes.

Survey of London; Vol. XXXIV.

Listing NGR: TQ2985880708

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
413725
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Survey of London in The Parish of St Anne Soho: Volumes 33 and 34 , Vol. 34, (1966)

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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