Statue Of Prince Albert In Front Of Dock Offices

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TA2710SE ROYAL STREET, The Docks 699-1/12/139 (East side) 31/10/74 Statue of Prince Albert in front of Dock Offices (Formerly Listed as: CLEETHORPES ROAD (North side) Statue of Prince Albert (in front of Dock Offices))

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Statue of Prince Albert. 1879, moved C20. Bronze figure, polished granite plinth. Life-size figure in ceremonial costume, holding plans. Right side of base inscribed "MODELLED by W. THEED of LONDON, CAST by CH. LENZ of NUREMBERG". Plinth bears inscriptions on all sides. To front: "The new dock connecting the Royal Dock with the Old Dock was opened by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales on the 22nd July 1879". To the left side: "Albert, Prince Consort, Born 26th August, 1819 Died 14th December 1861. He laid the foundation stone of the Royal Dock, Great Grimsby on the 18th April 1849, and the Dock was opened on the 27th May 1852". To the right side: "To commemorate the inauguration and completion of these great works this memorial has been erected by Sir Edward William Watkin, MP, Chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company 1879". To the rear is an inscribed excerpt from Prince Albert's speech. Statue was moved in mid C20 from its former position on the south side of Cleethorpe Road, 90 metres to the south-west, beside the Custom House (qv). (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, and Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 342; Grimsby Planning Department: Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-).

Listing NGR: TA2752310480