Monument To John Vaughan

The monument to John Vaughan, dated 1884, is located at the south end of Victoria Square in Middlesbrough. Designed by G.A. Lawson, it features a bronze figure of a standing male, with a coat draped over his left arm, positioned on a shallow pedestal and a deep, slightly-tapered plinth made of roughly dressed ironstone. Each face of the pedestal has a relief-sculptured tablet depicting an ironstone mine, ironworks, iron-rolling mill, and railway. A renewed tablet on the north face of the plinth is inscribed with information about John Vaughan, including his years of life (1799-1868), his role as Mayor of Middlesbrough in 1855, his discovery of ironstone in the Cleveland Hills, and his partnership in Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd., which built one of the first iron works in Middlesbrough in 1840. The monument was originally located in Exchange Place and was moved to its current site in 1914. It is included for its historic interest.