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Latitude: 53.1865 / 53°11'11"N
Longitude: -2.8936 / 2°53'36"W
OS Eastings: 340386
OS Northings: 365865
OS Grid: SJ403658
Mapcode National: GBR 79.3CM0
Mapcode Global: WH88F.J5BG
Plus Code: 9C5V54P4+JH
Entry Name: Equestrian Statue of Stapleton Cotton Viscount Combermere
Listing Date: 10 January 1972
Last Amended: 6 August 1998
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376255
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470249
ID on this website: 101376255
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Sculpture
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4065NW GROSVENOR ROAD
595-1/5/194 Equestrian statue of Stapleton
10/01/72 Cotton Viscount Combermere
(Formerly Listed as:
GROSVENOR ROAD
Statue of Stapleton Cotton, Viscount
Combermere, on a plinth)
GV II*
Cenotaph equestrian statue and plinth of Stapleton Cotton
Viscount Combermere. 1865. By Baron C Marochetti. Bronze
statue on granite plinth. The Viscount in field marshal's
uniform on horse at rest but alert with one hoof raised. The
south-west end of the plinth is inscribed ERECTED IN HONOUR OF
STAPLETON COTTON VISCOUNT COMBERMERE FIELD MARSHAL and the
north east end BORN. 1773. DIED. 1865. The south east side is
inscribed FLANDERS. LINCELLES. THE DOURO. TALAVERA. TORRES
VEDRAS, BUSAGO. VILLA GARCIA. LLERENA. CASTRAJON. CUIDAD
RODRIGO. ELBODON. THE PYRENEES. ORTHES. TOULOUSE and the north
west side CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. MALLAVELLY. SERINGAPATAM. WEST
INDIES. BHURTPORE
HISTORICAL NOTE: Thomas Gould, a soldier who shared with Field
Marshal Viscount Combermere the fields of Busaco, Cuidad,
Rodrigo, the Pyrenees and Toulouse is buried in the former
graveyard of St Bridget's Church, now a grassed roundabout
island 70m north-east of Viscount Combermere's cenotaph; see
Nicholas Street (qv).
Listing NGR: SJ4038665865
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