POWELL MONUMENT
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384493
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1999
- Statutory Address:
- POWELL MONUMENT, MESNES PARK
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- POWELL MONUMENT, MESNES PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 58006 06306
Details
WIGAN
SD5806SW MESNES PARK
24-1/6/43 Powell Monument
GV II
Monumental statue. Commemorates Sir Francis Sharp Powell, M.P.
for Wigan; dated 1910 on front plaque; slightly altered.
Sculptor EG Gillick. Grey granite with bronze plaques and
statue. Square plan. Base of 3 wide steps; cubic pedestal with
rectangular bronze plaques in 3 sides, surmounted by a
life-sized statue of Sir Francis pensively seated in a chair,
an overcoat carelessly draped over the back of it. The plaque
attached to the front of the pedestal has raised lettering:
"SIR FRANCIS SHARP POWELL / BARONET. BORN IN WIGAN / 1827.
M.P. FOR HIS NATIVE TOWN / 1857-9 AND 1885-1910. ERECTED / BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1910". The side plaques, let into the
pedestal, have bas-relief figures. Monument set in square
enclosure, the corners marked by small granite piers with
bronze caps, from which chains were formerly suspended.
NOTE: all the bronze-work is tarnished green except for one of
Sir Francis's shoes, which is highly polished in consequence
of a local belief that any child may have a secret wish while
holding it.
(Gray AS: Edwardian Architecture: London: 1985-).
Listing NGR: SD5800606306
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484927
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gray, A S, Edwardian Architecture A Biographical Dictionary, (1985)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
