Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
STATUE OF EARL OF LONSDALE, THE CRESCENT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297404
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF EARL OF LONSDALE, THE CRESCENT
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1297404
- Date first listed:
- 13-Nov-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF EARL OF LONSDALE, THE CRESCENT
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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 EARL OF LONSDALE, THE CRESCENT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NY4026655654
Details
CARLISLE
NY4055NW THE CRESCENT
671-1/12/107 (North side)
13/11/72 Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
GV II
Statue. 1846 for the subscribers, signed M.L.WATSON, SCULPTOR.
Calciferous sandstone base, plinth and shaft; white marble
figure. Rusticated square base and plinth; shaft inscribed at
front in six lines WILLIAM EARL OF LONSDALE, LORD LIEUTENANT
OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FROM 1802 TO 1844.
Larger-than-life figure dressed in robe and costume of the
Order of the Garter. A competition for the statue was held in
1845. Its original location was in English Street between the
Courthouses, where the foundation stone was laid in 1846, but
because of a dispute it was not erected until a year later,
(see Carlisle Journal 1845, 6 and 7). A photograph of the
statue being moved on 25 July 1929 is in Cumberland News, 19
September 1986. It was placed in its present location in the
Courthouse Gardens in 1930. For an illustration of the statue
and details of the sculptor, see Marshall Hall (1979).
(Carlisle Journal: 8 March 1845; Carlisle Journal: 24 October
1846; Carlisle Journal: 13 August 1847; Cumberland News: 19
September 1986; Marshall Hall: The Artists of Cumbria: 1979-:
P.93).
Listing NGR: NY4026655654
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 386880
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hall, M, The Artists of Cumbria, (1979), 93
Cumberland News in 19 September, (1986)
Carlisle Journal in 24 October, (1946)
Carlisle Journal in 8 March, (1945)
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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