Hugh Mason Memorial Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1987. Statue.

Hugh Mason Memorial Statue

WRENN ID: guardian-ember-spring
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Tameside
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 July 1987
Type: Statue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 2/11/2017

SJ 99 NW 4/10

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE TRAFALGAR SQUARE Hugh Mason memorial statue

(Formerly listed under HENRY SQUARE)

GV II Statue. 1887. Sculptor J.W. Swynnerton. Bronze statue on polished granite pedestal. Life-size statue of Hugh Mason on pedestal inscribed "Hugh Mason, born 1817 died 1886". The monument originally stood in Chester Square. Hugh Mason was a much loved and revered local industrialist and philosopher. He established Oxford Mills and built the adjacent workers' housing.

The statue was moved to its current location during the mid 1990s.

Listing NGR: SJ9291198123

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