Statue Of Richard Cobden is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Statue. 1 related planning application.

Statue Of Richard Cobden

WRENN ID: broken-bastion-moth
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Camden
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 May 1974
Type: Statue
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CAMDEN

TQ2983SW CAMDEN HIGH STREET 798-1/83/154 Statue of Richard Cobden 14/05/74

GV II

Statue. c1868. By W and T Wills. Sicilian marble. Figure of Cobden (badly weathered) in contemporary dress with right hand raised and holding papers in left hand; standing on an inscribed pedestal with side panels having carved swags. Base inscribed "Cornlaws repealed 1846". HISTORICAL NOTE: Richard Cobden, MP, led the successful campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws in the 1840s. The statue was erected by public subscription 3 years after his death; inscription records that Napoleon III was the principal contributor, for Cobden had been instrumental in establishing a free trade treaty with France in 1860.

Listing NGR: TQ2918083403

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