Statue Of John Harrison is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Statue.
Statue Of John Harrison
- WRENN ID
- tattered-corner-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of John Harrison, located in City Square, Leeds, was created in 1903 by the sculptor HC Fehr. It features a polished granite plinth with a bronze plaque that has raised lettering stating 'JOHN/ HARRISON/ 1576-1656'. The life-size bronze statue stands on a square plinth, which also has raised lettering on the front that reads 'THE GIFT OF/ COUNCILLOR RICHARD BOSTON 1903'. This statue is one of four that were originally placed on the balustrade of City Square, which was designed by William Bakewell for T Walter Harding and completed in 1903. Historically, John Harrison was the son of a Leeds cloth merchant who inherited a significant fortune and dedicated much of it to charitable efforts in the town, including the rebuilding of the Grammar School, the construction of the Church of St John on Mark Lane, and Harrison's Almshouses on Raglan Road.
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