The Albert Memorial at Junction With Brighouse Road
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH BRIGHOUSE ROAD, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1314179
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Albert Memorial at Junction With Brighouse Road
- Statutory Address:
- THE ALBERT MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH BRIGHOUSE ROAD, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1314179
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Albert Memorial at Junction With Brighouse Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ALBERT MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH BRIGHOUSE ROAD, HIGH STREET
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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:
- THE ALBERT MEMORIAL AT JUNCTION WITH BRIGHOUSE ROAD, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 10400 30242
Details
SE15SW QUEENSBURY HIGH STREET (south side) Queensbury
5/27 The Albert Memorial at junction with Brighouse Road
GV II
Memorial to Prince Albert. Dated 1865. By Eli Milnes of Bradford for John Foster & Son. Ashlar. Tall Gothic structure on 4-step podium. Red-granite drinking water fountains at base, above which, on 2 sides are well-carved panels of foliage, one with a swan, the other with a heron. On a third side a bronze plaque reads:
"ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT of Her Majesty / Queen Victoria who died December / the 14th AD 1861. / This monument was erected by / John Foster & Son: whitsuntide 1863."
Above, to each side is a well carved allegorical figure in canopied niche niche with red-granite colonnettes. Agriculture, Industry, Literature, Fine Art. Diagonal buttresses terminate in tall crocketed pinnacles. Surmounting the centre is an octagonal stage with diaper-work at the base and a central pedestal surrounded by red-granite colonnettes which support the gable treatment at the base of the tall central spire. Cross finial.
Listing NGR: SE1040030242
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 337401
- 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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