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Latitude: 54.0479 / 54°2'52"N
Longitude: -2.7977 / 2°47'51"W
OS Eastings: 347867
OS Northings: 461615
OS Grid: SD478616
Mapcode National: GBR 8PXM.3Q
Mapcode Global: WH847.0J16
Plus Code: 9C6V26X2+4W
Entry Name: Queen Victoria Memorial
Listing Date: 18 February 1970
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1290440
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383140
Also known as: Queen Victoria Memorial, Lancaster
ID on this website: 101290440
Location: Moorlands, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
Electoral Ward/Division: Castle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lancaster
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Lancaster St Mary with St John and St Anne
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
LANCASTER
SD4761NE DALTON SQUARE
1685-1/7/109 Queen Victoria Memorial
18/02/70
GV II*
Monument to Queen Victoria. 1906. Executed by Herbert Hampton
and presented by Lord Ashton. Portland stone ashlar with
bronze reliefs and statuary. The principal elements are a
large square plinth, surrounded by bas-relief panels, and a
tall pedestal on which stands a statue. The plinth, approx 7m
square and mounted on 2 steps, is hollow-sided with rounded
corners; its base is shaped as a seat with a hollowed
back-rest. Beneath a prominent cornice, its sides are filled
with large bas-reliefs portraying groups of eminent
Victorians, framed by bronze pilasters, and its corners are
occupied by exuberantly executed high-relief representations
of Wisdom, Truth, Liberty and Justice, each with a seated
woman surrounded by angels and putti. On top of the plinth,
seated lions at the corners guard a tall tapered pedestal, on
which stands the statue of the Queen, elderly but sternly
regal; she is bearing a mace and facing the Town Hall (qv) on
the south side of the Square. The south side of the pedestal
bears an inscription in bronze lettering - 'VICTORIA
1837-1901' - beneath a roundel carved with the Royal Arms, and
the north side has an inscription in similar lettering: 'GIVEN
TO HIS NATIVE TOWN BY LORD ASHTON A.D. 1906'.
Listing NGR: SD4786761615
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