Statue of the Black Prince
STATUE OF THE BLACK PRINCE, CITY SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1375045
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of the Black Prince
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF THE BLACK PRINCE, CITY SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1375045
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of the Black Prince
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF THE BLACK PRINCE, CITY SQUARE
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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 THE BLACK PRINCE, CITY SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE2989933435
Details
SE2933SE
714-1/77/108
26/09/63
LEEDS
CITY SQUARE
Statue of The Black Prince
GV
II*
Equestrian statue. Erected 1903. T Brock, sculptor. 2-stage
plinth of polished granite, bronze plaques and statue.
Bronzework details include: band around plinth base with
relief moulding of lion masks and scrolls with the names:
'JOHN WICLIF/ JOHN CHANDOS/ SIR WALTER DE MAUNAY/ WILLIAM OF
WYKEHAM/ CHAUCER/ FROISSART/ JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE/ BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN'. On the die the front plaque has the words: 'EDWARD/
PRINCE OF WALES/ SURNAMED THE BLACK PRINCE/ THE HERO OF/ CRECY AND POITIERS/ THE FLOWER OF ENGLAND'S CHIVALRY/ THE UPHOLDER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE/ IN THE/ GOOD PARLIAMENT/1330-1376';
on the rear: 'THE GIFT OF/ T. WALTER HARDING/ LORD
MAYOR/ 1898-1899/ ERECTED/ 1903/ T.BROCK RA Sc.' Plaques on
each side of the die depict a land and a sea battle. Deep
moulded cornice surmounted by an over life-size mounted figure
in full armour.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Colonel T Walter Harding was the owner of the
Tower Works, Globe Road (qv) manufacturing steel pins for
carding; he initiated the laying-out of City Square, designed
by William Bakewell and completed 1902, the year of Edward
VII's coronation and the end of the Boer War. This statue is
almost certainly a tribute to Edward VII who, as Prince of
Wales, opened the General Infirmary in 1867 and the Yorkshire
College buildings in 1885, (as king he opened the first new
Leeds University buildings in 1908). The association of Edward
VII with 'the successful efforts of generations of West
Yorkshiremen to establish the highest form of education in the
region, especially the sciences and arts related to the major
local industries' (Linstrum p.237) is represented by the names
of contemporaries of the Black Prince (d.1376), who were
outstanding politicians, diplomats, churchmen and founders of
colleges and schools.
(Linstrum, D: West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture:
1978-: 237, 352).
Listing NGR: SE2989933435
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 465925
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Linstrum, D, West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture, (1978), 237, 352
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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