Queen Victoria Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Monument.

Queen Victoria Monument

WRENN ID: empty-granite-root
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Manchester
Country: England
Date first listed: 3 October 1974
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8498SW PICCADILLY 698-1/28/295 (South side) 03/10/74 Queen Victoria Monument

GV II

Monument to Queen Victoria. 1901, by Onslow Ford. Portland stone with bronze statuary. Square plan. Baroque style. Base of 6 wide steps, low plinth with moulded foot and cornice, carrying large stone throne with back in form of Baroque aedicule with broken pediment enriched with shield of arms, swags, etc, and a bronze grotesque emerging through the pediment, a bronze statue of the Queen seated on the throne. Rear has engaged Corinthian columns and round-headed arch framing the statue of an allegorical female figure nursing 2 babes.

Listing NGR: SJ8439398290

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