Edwardes Statue
EDWARDES STATUE, ESPLANADE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365874
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Edwardes Statue
- Statutory Address:
- EDWARDES STATUE, ESPLANADE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365874
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Edwardes Statue
- Statutory Address 1:
- EDWARDES STATUE, ESPLANADE
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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:
- EDWARDES STATUE, ESPLANADE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weymouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 68093 78912
Details
WEYMOUTH
SY6878NW ESPLANADE 873-1/24/160 (West side) Edwardes Statue
II
Commemorative statue to Sir Henry Edwardes. 1885. By W and T Wills. Statue in white Sicilian marble, plinth in Cornish granite. The naturalistic figure, over life-size, stands on a square pedestal approx 3m high, with blocking-course on a moulded capping, tall shaft with inscription, moulded plinth and double-stepped base. The inscription reads, in part: 'Erected by public inscription AD 1885.. (to) Sir HENRY EDWARDES,MP, One of the Representatives of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis....... to 1885, When the town ceased to be A Parliamentary Borough'. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Southern Times of 16 January 1886 reported the public unveiling of the statue in a fulsome encomium, which includes '.... pronounced by competent authorities to be a splendid work of art....The action is excellent, being dignified and full of life..... The cost...will be close on »800'. The same report contrasts the statue with '...that hideous monstrosity known as the King's Statue...'. Current assessments of the artistic contrast might not be the same, but Sir Henry was a great benefactor to Weymouth, including, for instance, the Almshouses in Rodwell Avenue, James Street, and Rodwell Avenue (qv), so that the monument has local historical interest. (The Southern Times: 16 January 1886: Weymouth).
Listing NGR: SY6809378912
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467611
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Southern Times in 16 January, (1886)
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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