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Latitude: 53.7684 / 53°46'6"N
Longitude: -1.8437 / 1°50'37"W
OS Eastings: 410400
OS Northings: 430242
OS Grid: SE104302
Mapcode National: GBR HSKV.NV
Mapcode Global: WHC9F.NJ8X
Plus Code: 9C5WQ594+9G
Entry Name: The Albert Memorial at Junction with Brighouse Road
Listing Date: 7 March 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1314179
English Heritage Legacy ID: 337401
ID on this website: 101314179
Location: Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13
County: Bradford
Electoral Ward/Division: Queensbury
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bradford
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Queensbury Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Memorial
SE15SW QUEENSBURY HIGH STREET
(south side)
Queensbury
5/27 The Albert Memorial
at junction with
Brighouse Road
GV II
Memorial to Prince Albert. Dated 1865. By Eli Milnes of Bradford
for John Foster & Son. Ashlar. Tall Gothic structure on 4-step
podium. Red-granite drinking water fountains at base, above which,
on 2 sides are well-carved panels of foliage, one with a swan, the
other with a heron. On a third side a bronze plaque reads:
"ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT of Her Majesty / Queen Victoria who died December /
the 14th AD 1861. / This monument was erected by / John Foster & Son:
whitsuntide 1863."
Above, to each side is a well carved allegorical figure in canopied niche
niche with red-granite colonnettes. Agriculture, Industry, Literature, Fine
Art. Diagonal buttresses terminate in tall crocketed pinnacles. Surmounting
the centre is an octagonal stage with diaper-work at the base and a central
pedestal surrounded by red-granite colonnettes which support the gable
treatment at the base of the tall central spire. Cross finial.
Listing NGR: SE1040030242
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