Bust Of Sir Joseph Paxton At Crystal Palace Park is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 2001. Sculpture.

Bust Of Sir Joseph Paxton At Crystal Palace Park

WRENN ID: cold-oriel-tarn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Bromley
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 November 2001
Type: Sculpture
Source: Historic England listing

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785/0/10080 THICKET ROAD

08-NOV-01 Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park

GV II

Bust. 1869, signed by W F Woodington. Massive bust of Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace executed in Carrera marble in a heroic style. This now stands on a later C20 brick plinth to a height of 8 feet. The bust was paid for by public subscription and unveiled on the Terraces on 10th June 1873 by Lady Frederick Cavendish of Chatsworth. It was moved to another site in the park after the destruction of Crystal Palace by fire in 1936.

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