Shakespeare Monument in the Great Dell of the Botanical Gardens
SHAKESPEARE MONUMENT IN THE GREAT DELL OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394762
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Shakespeare Monument in the Great Dell of the Botanical Gardens
- Statutory Address:
- SHAKESPEARE MONUMENT IN THE GREAT DELL OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394762
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Shakespeare Monument in the Great Dell of the Botanical Gardens
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHAKESPEARE MONUMENT IN THE GREAT DELL OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
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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:
- SHAKESPEARE MONUMENT IN THE GREAT DELL OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 73866 65569
Details
ROYAL VICTORIA PARK 656-1/28/2457 (South side) Shakespeare Monument in the Great Dell of the Botanical Gardens
(Formerly Listed as: VICTORIA PARK Shakespeare Monument) 05/08/75
GV II
Monument in the form of a Roman altar. 1864. By C.E. Davis. Bath limestone. Square plinth on stepped circular base. Segmental top has scrolled sides with paterae at ends. Cyma moulded acanthus cornice over egg-and-dart frieze. Elaborate stone laurel leaf festoons to each facet are suspended from square stone buckles at each corner below frieze. Upper part of base has similar reversed cornice to that at top and roll moulded base. Inscription on front reads 'The City of Bath celebrated the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of SHAKESPEARE April XXIII MDCCCLXIV Jeromah Bell Esq. Mayor'. On the west side is the quotation 'Tongues speak. This was a man. Take him for all in all We shall not look on his like again'. HISTORY: This monument, remarkably classical given its subject, was erected to commemorate tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth, and was one of Charles Davis's first commissions as newly appointed City Surveyor (1863). Victoria Park was laid out in 1830 on the former Barton Fields, an area of common land and was opened by the Duchess of Kent with her daughter, Princess Victoria, on October 23rd 1830. It was the country's first municipal park. SOURCES: Bath History: Whalley R: The Royal Victoria Park: Bath: 1994-: 147-169. Listing NGR: ST7386665569
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 510167
- 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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