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Statue of Earl of Lonsdale

A Grade II Listed Building in Carlisle, Cumbria

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Latitude: 54.892 / 54°53'31"N

Longitude: -2.9328 / 2°55'58"W

OS Eastings: 340266

OS Northings: 555654

OS Grid: NY402556

Mapcode National: GBR 7CYW.V4

Mapcode Global: WH802.X9LJ

Plus Code: 9C6VV3R8+RV

Entry Name: Statue of Earl of Lonsdale

Listing Date: 13 November 1972

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1297404

English Heritage Legacy ID: 386880

ID on this website: 101297404

Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA1

County: Cumbria

District: Carlisle

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Carlisle

Traditional County: Cumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Cuthbert with St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description



CARLISLE

NY4055NW THE CRESCENT
671-1/12/107 (North side)
13/11/72 Statue of Earl of Lonsdale

GV II

Statue. 1846 for the subscribers, signed M.L.WATSON, SCULPTOR.
Calciferous sandstone base, plinth and shaft; white marble
figure. Rusticated square base and plinth; shaft inscribed at
front in six lines WILLIAM EARL OF LONSDALE, LORD LIEUTENANT
OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FROM 1802 TO 1844.
Larger-than-life figure dressed in robe and costume of the
Order of the Garter. A competition for the statue was held in
1845. Its original location was in English Street between the
Courthouses, where the foundation stone was laid in 1846, but
because of a dispute it was not erected until a year later,
(see Carlisle Journal 1845, 6 and 7). A photograph of the
statue being moved on 25 July 1929 is in Cumberland News, 19
September 1986. It was placed in its present location in the
Courthouse Gardens in 1930. For an illustration of the statue
and details of the sculptor, see Marshall Hall (1979).
(Carlisle Journal: 8 March 1845; Carlisle Journal: 24 October
1846; Carlisle Journal: 13 August 1847; Cumberland News: 19
September 1986; Marshall Hall: The Artists of Cumbria: 1979-:
P.93).


Listing NGR: NY4026655654

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