Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/292 (North East side)
25/03/70 Statue of Queen Victoria

GV II

Statue of Victoria standing, holding orb and sceptre. 1901-02.
Statue of Sicilian marble, approximately 3 metres high, on red
Aberdeen granite pedestal, approximately 4 metres high.
Sculptor: Albert Toft. 1901-2. Cost »1,500. Signed on plinth:
'Albert Toft'. Inscribed on front of pedestal: 'Victoria
Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting
good' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on back: 'Erected
by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William
Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records
that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth
on the 14th November 1940'.
(Darby E: London, Courtauld Institute of Art PhD: 1983::
Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert ..1837-1924:
VOL II, 216; Building News: 17 October 1902: 540; Leamington
Spa Courier: 18 October 1902: 7; Illustrated London News: 18
October 1902: 586; Architect: 17 October 1902: 256).

Listing NGR: SP3180865749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661547

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)