Nelsons Monument is a Grade I listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1953. A 1817-19 Monument. 1 related planning application.
Nelsons Monument
- WRENN ID
- waning-bonework-thistle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- 1817-19
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GREAT YARMOUTH
TG5205 MONUMENT ROAD 839-1/7/121 Nelson's Monument 27/06/53
I
Also known as: Norfolk Pillar MONUMENT ROAD. Monument. 1817-19. By William Wilkins. The first monument in England to Admiral Lord Nelson (Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square was 1840-43 but the column in Dublin was of 1808). The monument consists of a fluted Greek Doric column on a square pedestal standing on a raised plinth. The pedestal has one recessed niche in each face and a frieze of laurel wreaths. In the cornice is a plaque to each face inscribed with the name of a naval engagement. An inscription records Wilkins as the architect and various other dignitaries: John Walker, master mason; Francis Braidwood, contractor; Archibald Swinton, foreman. The plinth is of stone and has several recesses and projections. The column is surmounted by a figure of Britannia in fibreglass standing on a disc supported by Caryatid figures. The figures were of Coade stone when built, replaced in concrete in 1896 and finally in fibreglass during the restoration of 1982-4.
Listing NGR: TG5299905508
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