Statue of Prince Albert in Front of Dock Offices
STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT IN FRONT OF DOCK OFFICES, ROYAL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379874
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Prince Albert in Front of Dock Offices
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT IN FRONT OF DOCK OFFICES, ROYAL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379874
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Jun-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Prince Albert in Front of Dock Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT IN FRONT OF DOCK OFFICES, ROYAL STREET
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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 PRINCE ALBERT IN FRONT OF DOCK OFFICES, ROYAL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 27523 10480
Details
GRIMSBY
TA2710SE ROYAL STREET, The Docks
699-1/12/139 (East side)
31/10/74 Statue of Prince Albert in front of
Dock Offices
(Formerly Listed as:
CLEETHORPES ROAD
(North side)
Statue of Prince Albert (in front of
Dock Offices))
GV II
Statue of Prince Albert. 1879, moved C20. Bronze figure,
polished granite plinth.
Life-size figure in ceremonial costume, holding plans. Right
side of base inscribed "MODELLED by W. THEED of LONDON, CAST
by CH. LENZ of NUREMBERG". Plinth bears inscriptions on all
sides. To front: "The new dock connecting the Royal Dock with
the Old Dock was opened by their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales on the 22nd July 1879". To the left
side: "Albert, Prince Consort, Born 26th August, 1819 Died
14th December 1861. He laid the foundation stone of the Royal
Dock, Great Grimsby on the 18th April 1849, and the Dock was
opened on the 27th May 1852". To the right side: "To
commemorate the inauguration and completion of these great
works this memorial has been erected by Sir Edward William
Watkin, MP, Chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railway Company 1879". To the rear is an
inscribed excerpt from Prince Albert's speech.
Statue was moved in mid C20 from its former position on the
south side of Cleethorpe Road, 90 metres to the south-west,
beside the Custom House (qv).
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, and Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 342; Grimsby Planning Department:
Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-).
Listing NGR: TA2752310480
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479315
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, John, H, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1964), 342
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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