Derby Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. A Nineteenth Century Monument.
Derby Monument
- WRENN ID
- upper-hinge-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Nineteenth Century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PRESTON
SD5328NE MILLER PARK 941-1/13/207 (North side) 27/09/79 Derby monument
GV II
Monument to the 14th Earl of Derby (d.1869). Dated 1873 on rear of pedestal; by M.Noble of London. Grey polished granite and white marble. Punched granite base; pedestal of grey polished granite, square in section with chamfered corners, approx.4m high, with moulded foot and prominent cornice, the front inscribed: "EDWARD GEOFFREY STANLEY / 14th EARL OF DERBY K.C. / BORN 29th MARCH 1799 / DIED 23rd OCTOBER 1869, and the rear: NORTH AND NORTH EAST / LANCASHIRE / DERBY MEMORIAL / 1873". Statue in Sicilian white marble, approx.3.3m high, depicting the Earl of Derby as if addressing the House of Lords, standing with a scroll in his right hand, his robe of rank removed and draped over a pile of books behind his leg. History: as the Hon. E.G.Stanley before his succession to the title, the subject was MP for Preston 1826-30 and for North Lancashire 1832-44; and subsequently Prime Minister in 1852, 1858-59, and 1866-68. (Monument erected on site formerly occupied by gazebo now in Avenham Park.)
Listing NGR: SD5363228678
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