Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE CORNHILL
736-1/10/45 Blake Statue
24/03/50

GV II*

Statue of Admiral Blake. 1898. By D W Pomeroy. Bronze,
limestone and granite. A vigorous more-than-lifesize figure in
C17 costume, repositioned from the front of the Corn Exchange
(qv) to face down Cornhill, has its right arm outstretched and
points toward Christ Church Unitarian Chapel in Dampiet Street
(qv); it stands on a square base above a corniced granite
plinth with recessed square panels to each side; lively
finely-detailed bronze low-relief scenes to the rear and sides
depict the Admiral's victories at sea and the return of his
body to Plymouth Sound in 1657; an inscription to the front
reads "Robert Blake born in this town 1598 died at sea 1657".
The base is of granite steps raised on a C20 circular brick
dais.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: South and West Somerset:
London: 1958-: 98).

Listing NGR: ST2987037046

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Blake Statue at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q30625603

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)