Bishop Hooper'S Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Gloucester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Monument.

Bishop Hooper'S Monument

WRENN ID: half-mullion-willow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Gloucester
Country: England
Date first listed: 23 January 1952
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SO8218NE 844-1/7/325

GLOUCESTER ST MARY'S SQUARE (West side) Bishop Hooper's Monument

23/01/52

GV II Monument commemorating Bishop Hooper on the site where the bishop was burnt at the stake in 1555. 1861-63. By Medland and Maberley. Ashlar. A "tabernacle" canopy, in a Decorated Gothic style, containing a slightly larger than life size statue of the bishop by Edward W Thornhill of Dublin. Paid for by public subscription.

EXTERIOR: square base, with moulded plinth and weathered top, rising from the base at each corner buttressed piers, crowned by pinnacles at each corner and on each side between the piers an open, foiled arch and gablet; all crowned by a tall, crocketed spire with finial; within the canopy on an arcaded base the standing statue of the bishop facing east.

Listing NGR: SO8298818880

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