Statue Of Queen Victoria is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Statue. 5 related planning applications.

Statue Of Queen Victoria

WRENN ID: gilded-storey-sienna
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Warwick
Country: England
Date first listed: 25 March 1970
Type: Statue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE 1208-1/7/292 (North East side) 25/03/70 Statue of Queen Victoria

GV II

Statue of Victoria standing, holding orb and sceptre. 1901-02. Statue of Sicilian marble, approximately 3 metres high, on red Aberdeen granite pedestal, approximately 4 metres high. Sculptor: Albert Toft. 1901-2. Cost »1,500. Signed on plinth: 'Albert Toft'. Inscribed on front of pedestal: 'Victoria Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting good' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on back: 'Erected by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth on the 14th November 1940'. (Darby E: London, Courtauld Institute of Art PhD: 1983:: Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert ..1837-1924: VOL II, 216; Building News: 17 October 1902: 540; Leamington Spa Courier: 18 October 1902: 7; Illustrated London News: 18 October 1902: 586; Architect: 17 October 1902: 256).

Listing NGR: SP3180865749

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