EARL GREY MONUMENT

EARL GREY MONUMENT, GREY STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1329931
Date first listed:: 14-Jun-1954
List Entry Name:: EARL GREY MONUMENT
Statutory Address:: EARL GREY MONUMENT, GREY STREET

User submitted image — Uploaded by David Lovell This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2005-01-30
Reference:: IOE01/13210/06
Rights:: © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1329931
Date first listed:: 14-Jun-1954
List Entry Name:: EARL GREY MONUMENT
Statutory Address 1:: EARL GREY MONUMENT, GREY STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: EARL GREY MONUMENT, GREY STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: NZ 24861 64425

Details

NZ 2464 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE GREY STREET (north end) 20/272 14.6.54 Earl Grey Monument G.V. I Column monument with statue. 1838 by Benjamin Green; statue by Baily. Erected by public subscription to commemorate the efforts of Charles Earl Grey K.G. towards parliamentary reform. Sandstone ashlar; marble statue. About 135 ft. high. Tall panelled pedestal, with inscription on south and door in west, supports.Roman Doric column with top balcony. Heroic size statue of Grey in robes stands on tall corniced square pedestal. Inscription on north commemorates the centenary of the passing of the 1832 Reform Bill.

Listing NGR: NZ2486164425

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 304589
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.