Edward VII Memorial Statue
EDWARD VII MEMORIAL STATUE, CENTENARY SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM
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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
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- 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
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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:
- 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.
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