STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY

STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY, THE QUAY

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1292390
Date first listed:: 19-Mar-1973
List Entry Name:: STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY
Statutory Address:: STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY, THE QUAY

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1292390
Date first listed:: 19-Mar-1973
List Entry Name:: STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY
Statutory Address 1:: STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY, THE QUAY

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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.

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

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Location

Statutory Address:: STATUE OF CHARLES KINGSLEY, THE QUAY

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County:: Devon
District:: Torridge (District Authority)
Parish:: Bideford
National Grid Reference:: SS 45535 26908

Details

BIDEFORD

SS42NE THE QUAY 842-1/2/233 (East side) 19/03/73 Statue of Charles Kingsley

GV II

Statue. 1906. By Joseph Whitehead. White marble figure of Kingsley dressed in an academic gown, right foot forward; pen in right hand, 2 books in left hand. Stands on a tall pedestal, probably of Portland stone, with moulded cap and base; on the front of it is incised KINGSLEY. At the back of the foot of the statue is incised JOSEPH WHITEHEAD. SCULPTOR. LONDON S.E. Attached to the base of the pedestal is a bronze wreath inscribed: CHARLES KINGSLEY. Born 12th June 1819. A tribute of honour and esteem from the inhabitants of Bideford. June 12th 1919. The statue has lost its right little finger and the top of the pen. Whitehead, of Vincent Square, Westminster, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889, 1893, 1894, and 1895. (Kelly's Directories: Devonshire: 1910-: P.74; Graves A: The Royal Academy of Arts. A Complete Dictionary of Contributors: London: 1906-: P.258).

Listing NGR: SS4553526908

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Sources

Books and journals
Graves, A , The Royal Academy of Arts A Complete Dictionary of Contributors, (1906), 258
'Kellys Directory' in Devonshire, (1910), 74

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