Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme
Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297048
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme
- Statutory Address:
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297048
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme
- Statutory Address 1:
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull
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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:
- Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA1008128857
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
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KINGSTON UPON HULL
ALFRED GELDER STREET (North side)
Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme
(Formerly listed as Statue of Charles Henry Wilson 20 metres east of Guildhall)
GV
II
Memorial statue by sculptor Derwent Wood, and erected c1907. Life size Portland stone standing figure in court dress. Square ashlar pedestal with plinth, corner volutes and dentillated cornice with corner breaks. Convex panelled south side has a crest and an inscription. Shaped granite base of two steps.
Charles Henry Wilson (1833-1907), shipowner and politician, was created first Lord Nunburnholme in 1906. He was the leading figure in Hull in the later 19th century serving as a Hull MP from 1874-1905. He was head of Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., which in his time became the largest private steamship company in the world in the late nineteenth century. Commencing a steamship service from Norway and Sweden by 1843 the company were dominating the transportation of migrants from Scandinavia, Germany and Russia through Hull on route for America by the late 1850s. Thomas Wilson & Sons virtually held the monopoly for emigrant traffic from Scandinavia up to 1914.
Listing NGR: TA1008128857
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387427
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2005)
Neave, David, Neave, Susan, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Hull, (2010), 97
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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