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Bust Of Logie Bard, West Esplanade, West Clyde Street, Helensburgh

A Category C Listed Building in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.004 / 56°0'14"N

Longitude: -4.7412 / 4°44'28"W

OS Eastings: 229171

OS Northings: 682395

OS Grid: NS291823

Mapcode National: GBR 0D.TNW6

Mapcode Global: WH2M4.4CJ3

Plus Code: 9C8Q2735+HG

Entry Name: Bust Of Logie Bard, West Esplanade, West Clyde Street, Helensburgh

Listing Name: Bust of John Logie Baird, West Esplanade, West Clyde Street, Helensburgh

Listing Date: 30 June 1993

Last Amended: 26 August 2019

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379279

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34870

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379279

Location: Helensburgh

County: Argyll and Bute

Town: Helensburgh

Electoral Ward: Helensburgh Central

Traditional County: Dunbartonshire

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Description

1961. Bronze bust of John Logie Baird surmounted on a concrete plinth.

Bronze plaque to south side of plinth with inscription 'John Logie Baird, Native of This Town, Inventor of Television, 1888-1946, They need no candle'.

Bronze plaque to west side of plinth inscribed 'Erected by his friend J. Arnold Fleming' and bronze plaque to east side of plinth inscribed 'Unveiled by his sister and his son Malcolm'.

Statement of Interest

The bust was unveiled in 1961 by Miss Annie Baird and it originally stood in Hermitage Park.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2019. Previously listed as 'Sinclair Street, Hermitage Park, Bust of Logie Baird'.

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