EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE

EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE, CENTENARY SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1289623
Date first listed:: 08-Jul-1982
List Entry Name:: EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE
Statutory Address:: EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE, CENTENARY SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM

User submitted image — Uploaded by Dominic Martin This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2001-07-09
Reference:: IOE01/04918/09
Rights:: © Mr J J Sheridan. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1289623
Date first listed:: 08-Jul-1982
List Entry Name:: EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE
Statutory Address 1:: EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE, CENTENARY SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE, CENTENARY SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM

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

District:: Birmingham (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP0641686877

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/02/2017

SP 0885 NW 53/13

Birmingham Centenary Square Edward VII Memorial Statue

(Formerly listed as Edward VII Memorial Statue, HIGHGATE PARK, Balsall Heath)

II 1913 Albert Toft sculptor. Stone standing figure of the King in Field Marshal's uniform and Garter Robes set on high sandstone plinth with bronze groups of Education and Progress (including youth and boy with model of Tower Bridge) on the left side and Peace on the right, a female seated figure with attributes, good flowing drapery and sensitive faces. To the front face is a far more Act Nouvean composition in bronze of a crowned drapery niche containing a small figure of St George and the Dragon.

This statue formerly stood in Victoria Square in front of the Council House. It was later moved to Highgate Park and in 2010 relocated to its current location.

Listing NGR: SP0641686877

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 217285
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.