Statue Of Queen Victoria Approximately 15 Metres To West Of Shire Hall

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SO8455SE FOREGATE STREET 620-1/12/275 (East side) 05/04/71 Statue of Queen Victoria approximately 15 metres to west of Shire Hall (Formerly Listed as: FOREGATE STREET (East side) N Wing Pavilion, S Wing Pavilion, Statue of Queen Victoria, Judges' Lodgings...)

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Statue of Queen Victoria on plinth. 1887. Signed to rear right angle of plinth: T BROCK SCULP RA LONDON. Grey granite plinth and white marble statue. Stepped base to plinth surmounted by statue of Queen, standing, in robes of state and carrying orb and sceptre. Inscribed on plinth: This state of / Queen Victoria / was erected / by her loyal subjects / of the county of Worcester / in commemoration of / the completion of 50 years / of Her Majesty's happy reign / 1887. HISTORICAL NOTE: Thomas Brock was one of the leading sculptors of public statues of the period and as responsible for the Victoria Memorial, The Mall, London (1901-24). During the C18 Foregate Street was known as 'the mall' and Tymbs' Worcester Guide of 1802 notes, 'the Foregate Street itself, by being well paved and sufficiently broad to admit a full circulation of air seems to be generally resorted to as a fashionable promenade.' The Shire Hall, Statue of Queen Victoria, City Museum and Library and Nos 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 28, Nos 33-46 (consecutive) and No.49, Foregate Street (qqv) form a significant group. (Worcestershire Historical Society Occasional Papers: Whitehead D: Urban Renewal and Suburban Growth: The Shaping of Georgian Worcester: 1989-: 12; Tymbs: Worcester Guide: Worcester: 1802-: 60).