Statue of Joseph Locke and enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Monument.
Statue of Joseph Locke and enclosure
- WRENN ID
- third-corner-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Statue and enclosure, 1862 to 1866 by Baron Carlo Marochetti commissioned by the Institute of Civil Engineers.
MATERIALS: bronze statue on a polished red granite pedestal with a Portland stone enclosure.
DESCRIPTION: not inspected (2021), information from other sources.
The over-life-size statue is set within a square enclosure in Locke Park. The standing figure of Locke wearing a plain frock-coat and cravat gazes over the park below. He holds a partially unfurled scroll of papers in his left hand and his right arm is bent with his hand holding his coat lapel. The statue stands on a high, square pedestal of red granite inscribed Joseph Locke on the front face. It is surrounded by a square enclosure with a Portland stone balustrade with turned balusters and square, panelled corner piers with ornamental square capitals.
A Barnsley Heritage blue plaque has been attached to the right-hand side of the pedestal.
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