Statue of Queen Victoria
STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, PARADE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381440
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Queen Victoria
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, PARADE
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- 2005-04-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/13720/21
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381440
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Queen Victoria
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, PARADE
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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 QUEEN VICTORIA, PARADE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Warwick (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Royal Leamington Spa
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 31808 65749
Details
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/292 (North East side)
25/03/70 Statue of Queen Victoria
GV II
Statue of Victoria standing, holding orb and sceptre. 1901-02.
Statue of Sicilian marble, approximately 3 metres high, on red
Aberdeen granite pedestal, approximately 4 metres high.
Sculptor: Albert Toft. 1901-2. Cost »1,500. Signed on plinth:
'Albert Toft'. Inscribed on front of pedestal: 'Victoria
Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting
good' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on back: 'Erected
by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William
Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records
that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth
on the 14th November 1940'.
(Darby E: London, Courtauld Institute of Art PhD: 1983::
Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert ..1837-1924:
VOL II, 216; Building News: 17 October 1902: 540; Leamington
Spa Courier: 18 October 1902: 7; Illustrated London News: 18
October 1902: 586; Architect: 17 October 1902: 256).
Listing NGR: SP3180865749
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481802
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Darby, E, Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert 1837-1924: Volume 2, (1983), 216
Architect in Architect - 17 October, (1902), 256
Building News in 17 October, (1902), 540
Illustrated London News in 18 October, (1902), 586
Leamington Spa Courier in 18 October, (1902), 7
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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