Statue Of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis Of Westminster

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK 1932-1/6/136 Statue of Richard Grosvenor, second 10/01/72 Marquis of Westminster (Formerly Listed as: GROSVENOR PARK Statue of Second Marquis of Westminster)

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Statue on plinth, of Richard Grosvenor second Marquis of Westminster. 1869. By Thomas Thornycroft at the expense of the Marquis's tenants, friends and neighbours, following his death in 1867. Polished granite and white stone; more than life-size. Granite plinth inscribed "RICHARD : SECOND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER : K.G. : THE GENEROUS LANDLORD : THE FRIEND OF THE DISTRESSED : THE HELPER OF ALL GOOD WORKS : THE BENEFACTOR TO THIS CITY : ERECTED BY TENANTS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS : AD 1869". The Marquis stands in Garter robes but bare-headed, with one foot slightly advanced, expression benevolent and hands offering help. The statue is well positioned at the crossing of the main north-south and east-west axes of the Park which, designed by Edward Kemp and with lodge (qv) and features by John Douglas, was given to the City of Chester by the second Marquis of Westminster. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-: 160).

Listing NGR: SJ4123166232