Bishop Hooper's Monument

BISHOP HOOPER'S MONUMENT, ST MARY'S SQUARE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1245667
Date first listed:
23-Jan-1952
Statutory Address:
BISHOP HOOPER'S MONUMENT, ST MARY'S SQUARE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1245667
Date first listed:
23-Jan-1952
Statutory Address 1:
BISHOP HOOPER'S MONUMENT, ST MARY'S SQUARE

Location

Statutory Address:
BISHOP HOOPER'S MONUMENT, ST MARY'S SQUARE

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

County:
Gloucestershire
District:
Gloucester (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SO 82988 18880

Details

SO8218NE
844-1/7/325

GLOUCESTER
ST MARY'S SQUARE (West side)
Bishop Hooper's Monument

23/01/52

GV
II
Monument commemorating Bishop Hooper on the site where the bishop was burnt at the stake in 1555. 1861-63. By Medland and Maberley. Ashlar. A "tabernacle" canopy, in a Decorated Gothic style, containing a slightly larger than life size statue of the bishop by Edward W Thornhill of Dublin. Paid for by public subscription.

EXTERIOR: square base, with moulded plinth and weathered top, rising from the base at each corner buttressed piers, crowned by pinnacles at each corner and on each side between the piers an open, foiled arch and gablet; all crowned by a tall, crocketed spire with finial; within the canopy on an arcaded base the standing statue of the bishop facing east.

Listing NGR: SO8298818880

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