Tyne and Wear HER(5197): St. Nicholas' Square, Statue of Queen Victoria - Details
5197
Newcastle
St. Nicholas' Square, Statue of Queen Victoria
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Commemorative
Commemorative Monument
Commemorative Monument
20TH CENTURY
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Structure
Statue 1900 by Alfred Gilbert. Pink granite pedestal with diagonal pilasters and bowed sides, to bronze statue. Seated figure in chair with elaborate canopy and base. Pedestal inscribed with THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS. Unveiled 1903; the gift of W.H. Stephenson to commemorate 500 years of the shrievalty of Newcastle 1400-1900. The statue is actually a replica of the Jubilee Memorial which Gilbert made for the town of Winchester in 1887 (it stands in the hall of Winchester Castle). Gilbert cast the replica for Newcastle in 1900 using the Companie des Bronzes in Brussels. In 1903 a second replica was cast for the British Embassy in Bangkok. LISTED GRADE 2*
424960
564020
NZ424960564020
<< HER 5197 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 20/486
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