Ship's Figurehead from the Arethusa is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 2019. A Victorian Figurehead.

Ship's Figurehead from the Arethusa

WRENN ID
white-glass-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 2019
Type
Figurehead
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Carved wooden figurehead, 1859, by James Hellyer and Sons for the Royal Navy

MATERIALS: the wooden figurehead is attached to the original decorated stemhead and flanked by two short lengths of the Arethusa’s hand rails. It is sited on a two-stepped square concrete plinth underneath a protective wooden canopy. Two small muzzle-loading cannon (given to the Arethusa in 1934) sit either side of the structure which is surrounded by a steel fence. The canopy, cannons and fence are excluded from the listing.

DESCRIPTION: a polychrome painted female bust with brown hair parted in the centre with ringlets at the side of the head and wearing a loose early Victorian period dress with a waist-band.

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