Duke Of York Column And Steps is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Nineteenth Century Commemorative column. 4 related planning applications.
Duke Of York Column And Steps
- WRENN ID
- standing-iron-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Commemorative column
- Period
- Nineteenth Century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2980 SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER WATERLOO PLACE, SW1 82/67 5.2.70 Duke of York column and steps G.V. I Commemorative column and town planning focal point with steps down to the Mall and St James's Park. 1831-34, the column designed by Benjamin Wyatt, the bronze statue of the Duke by Sir Richard Westmacott, the layout with the great flight of steps as the terminal feature of Nash's Via Triumphalis, on the site of Carlton House, with the palatial Carlton House Terrace (q.v.) ranges flanking the composition. Granite column and steps, bronze statue. The giant column is of the Tuscan order and rises from a square pedestal; the capital carries a square balcony, drum and dome (on the model of Wren's Monument) surmounted by statue of the Duke in uniform. Survey of London; Vol. XX.
Listing NGR: TQ2975780252
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