The (Peat) Memorial Obelisk
THE (PEAT) MEMORIAL OBELISK, PORTLAND SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390847
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- The (Peat) Memorial Obelisk
- Statutory Address:
- THE (PEAT) MEMORIAL OBELISK, PORTLAND SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390847
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-2004
- List Entry Name:
- The (Peat) Memorial Obelisk
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE (PEAT) MEMORIAL OBELISK, PORTLAND SQUARE
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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:
- THE (PEAT) MEMORIAL OBELISK, PORTLAND SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Workington
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 00674 28564
Details
WORKINGTON
566/0/10012 PORTLAND SQUARE 26-APR-04 The (Peat) Memorial Obelisk in Portlan d Square
II Memorial To Dr Anthony Peat. 1881. Slender obelisk of polished Dalbeattie granite,rising from a tapered pedestal on a stepped base. The monument is set within a shallow railed enclosure, and rises 23 feet from the ground. The obelisk shaft is 13 feet high. An inscription at the base of the monument reads "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF ANTHONY PEAT, SURGEON, WHO, DURING A LIFE SPENT INCESSANT TOIL FOR THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING, WON THE LOVE AND ESTEEM OF ALL CLASSES. DIED JUNE 4TH 1877 AGED 57 YEARS." Below this, a quotation in Latin from St Matthew's Gospel, which in translation reads " EVEN SO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN" The monument forms a group with Nos. 16 and 18 Portland Square (q.q.v.)and No.2 Cavendish Street (q.v.)
A prominent public monument at the centre of a formally-planned urban square which commemorates a notable C19 Workington physician held in high esteem by the community he served for over 30 years.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490415
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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