Alexander Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South Of Church Of St Mark is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1987. Memorial.
Alexander Memorial Approximately 14 Metres South Of Church Of St Mark
- WRENN ID
- fallow-gateway-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LEEDS
SE2935 ST MARK'S ROAD, Woodhouse Carr 714-1/24/1274 (North side (off)) 09/03/87 Alexander memorial approximately 14 metres south of Church of St Mark
GV II
Memorial. c1862. By J Leach, Becket Street. Commemorates principally William Alexander, d.1862. Ashlar. Chamfered base, plinth with recessed panels, moulded base to square-section column with sculpted portrait head in deep relief on E side, inscription below. A deep oversailing cornice over the column formerly supported carved figures of a standing female carrying a baby and comforting a kneeling girl, flanked by mournful seated figures. MEMORIALS: William Alexander died 13 December 1862 aged 58; he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was elected Grand Master of the district in 1836 and Grand Master of the Order (membership 400,000) in 1858. Also commemorates William's son, Anthony, d.1835; daughter Ann, d.1865 and wife, Elizabeth, d.1887. William was a saddler, born 1804.
Listing NGR: SE2950735140
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