Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices
Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices, Promenade
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387752
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices
- Statutory Address:
- Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices, Promenade
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387752
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices, Promenade
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.
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 Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices, Promenade
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 94716 22228
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 January 2024 to amend details in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
SO9422SE
630-1/13/766
CHELTENHAM
PROMENADE (North West side)
Statue of Edward Wilson approx 80m South West of main entrance to Municipal Offices
(Formerly Listed as: PROMENADE (North West side) Statue of Edward Adrian Wilson about 80yds SW from main ... Municipal Offices)
14/12/83
GV
II
Statue. 1914. Bronze statue sculpted by Lady Scott (later Lady Kennet), cast and stone provided by RL Boulton and Sons, Cheltenham. Cost »300 raised by public subscription. Edward Adrian Wilson was the medical and artistic member of Scott's ill-fated South Pole expedition.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Promenade was laid out in 1818 as a tree-lined avenue connecting the Colonnade in High Street to the Sherborne Spa (on the site of the Queen's Hotel (qv)).
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 146).
Listing NGR: SO9471622228
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475742
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 146
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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