Statue of William III to South West of Building Number 1/87C (Building Number 1/87C Not Included)
STATUE OF WILLIAM III TO SOUTH WEST OF BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C (BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C NOT INCLUDED), MAIN ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272288
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of William III to South West of Building Number 1/87C (Building Number 1/87C Not Included)
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF WILLIAM III TO SOUTH WEST OF BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C (BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C NOT INCLUDED), MAIN ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272288
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of William III to South West of Building Number 1/87C (Building Number 1/87C Not Included)
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF WILLIAM III TO SOUTH WEST OF BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C (BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C NOT INCLUDED), MAIN ROAD
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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 WILLIAM III TO SOUTH WEST OF BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C (BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C NOT INCLUDED), MAIN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU6305100368
Details
SU 6200 NE MAIN ROAD
(Northeast side)
HM Naval Base
774-1/17/224 Statue of William III to SW
of Building No 1/87C (Building
No 1/87C not included)
GV II
Statue of William III. Dated 1718, relocated (19and (20. Sculptor, Van Noss (Lloyd). Gilt statue, ashlar plinth, concrete podium. Plinth has moulded base and cornice; panelled sides and inscriptions "Gulielmo III Optimo Regi", and "Ricardus Norton Humilime O.D.". The statue is of William III dressed as a cloaked Roman General, crowned with a laurel wreath, holding a baton. William III order a major expansion of the naval dockyard in 1690. The statue originally stood on the parade ground, in front of Long Row (qv), and then in front of Admiralty House (qv) before being brought to its present location (Lloyd O).
(Sources: Lloyd OW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974: 86 ; The Buildings of England: Lloyd o: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1985: 411).
Listing NGR: SU6305100368
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476675
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lloyd, D W, Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 86
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 411
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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