Monument to Admiral Napier
MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL NAPIER, VICTORIA PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387255
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Admiral Napier
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL NAPIER, VICTORIA PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387255
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Admiral Napier
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL NAPIER, VICTORIA PARK
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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.
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:
- MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL NAPIER, VICTORIA PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Portsmouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 63887 00412
Details
PORTSMOUTH
SU6300 VICTORIA PARK 774-1/8/128 Monument to Admiral Napier 25/09/72
GV II
Monument. 1863. Stone. Sandstone column with Portland stone Romanesque capital and finial surmounted by stone lion. 6-sided Portland stone pedestal, 3 sides concave set on tapering rusticated sandstone base, uncoursed rubble lower base on granite slab. Commemorates death of Admiral Napier 1860. Inscription reads: "The monument was erected by the Petty Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Seamen and Marines of Her Majesty's Navy 1863 - to commemorate the untiring efforts of a gallant Officer and true hearted man (Charles Napier c1786 - d1860) in advancing the welfare of the British sailor." The monument was originally sited at the junction of Commercial and Edinburgh Roads. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 86; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 456; Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 21).
Listing NGR: SU6610802158
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475187
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Berridge, D W, Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth, (1984), 21
Lloyd, D W, Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 86
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 456
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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