Statue of George IV
STATUE OF GEORGE IV, TRAFALGAR SQUARE WC2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275350
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of George IV
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF GEORGE IV, TRAFALGAR SQUARE WC2
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- Date:
- 2001-09-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/05427/34
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275350
- Date first listed:
- 05-Feb-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of George IV
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF GEORGE IV, TRAFALGAR SQUARE WC2
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.
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 GEORGE IV, TRAFALGAR SQUARE WC2
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:
- TQ 30037 80495
Details
TQ 3080 SW CITY OF WESTMINSTER TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC2 83/9 5.2.70 Statue of George IV G.V. II Equestrian statue. 1829-43 by Sir Francis Chantrey and T Earle, cast for the Marble Arch in its original setting as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, erected finally in Trafalgar Square in 1843. Bronze on granite pedestal. Be-cloaked portrait in contemporary dress but with Roman Emperor convention. riding stirrup-less. (The corresponding north-western pedestal in the square remains statue-less.) Survey of London; Vol XX.
Listing NGR: TQ3003780495
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 207256
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Survey of London in Trafalgar Square and neighbourhood The Parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields Part 3: Volume 20 , Vol. 20, (1979)
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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