Queen Victoria Memorial Gates And Gatepiers, Balustrades, Steps And Retaining Wall With Fountain Framing West End Of The Mall is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A C20 Memorial.
Queen Victoria Memorial Gates And Gatepiers, Balustrades, Steps And Retaining Wall With Fountain Framing West End Of The Mall
- WRENN ID
- distant-casement-russet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2979 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1 90/19 Queen Victoria Memorial: Gates and gatepiers, 5.2.70 balustrades, steps and retaining wall with fountain framing west end of the Mall
G.V. I
Gates, piers, balustrades surrounding Buckingham Palace rondpoint and retaining wall with fountain above west end of St James's Park. 1901-11 by Sir Aston Webb as part of the Victoria Memorial - Mall scheme completing the setting for Buckingham Palace. Portland stone and ornamental ironwork. Beaux Arts inspired Imperial classicism. Tall panelled gate piers with armorial badges or trophies, either surmounted by trophy-sculptural groups on the main axis or by gilded, Rococo, candelabra lanterns; the ironwork of gates of Louis XV/Louis XVI derivation; the retaining wall to St James's Park rusticated with buttress-piers and overflow fountain down to lake.
Listing NGR: TQ2911279822
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