Huskisson Memorial On South Side Of Railway, 60 Metres From Road is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1966. Memorial.
Huskisson Memorial On South Side Of Railway, 60 Metres From Road
- WRENN ID
- noble-thatch-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St. Helens
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1966
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/11/2011
SJ 69 NW 6/45 3.2.66
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS PARKSIDE ROAD (east side) Huskisson Memorial on south side of railway, 60m from road
(Formerly listed as Huskisson Memorial (in railway cutting at Parkside)
II
Memorial. 1831. Painted stone. The memorial is in the form of a simplified Classical temple, being single celled without a portico. The flanking anta have dentilated panels, and support a plain frieze, dentilated cornice and a blocking course. Within the cell is an inscribed tablet that is flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature adorned with wreaths. The tablet, (a reproduction of the original which is kept at the National Railway Museum in York) is a memorial to William Huskisson, MP for Liverpool. Huskisson is reputed to have been the world's first fatality of the Railway Age, being knocked down and fatally injured by the Rocket during the opening celebrations of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
Listing NGR: SJ6051795509
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