Statue Of Queen Victoria is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1994. A Late Victorian Statue.

Statue Of Queen Victoria

WRENN ID
shadowed-mortar-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1994
Type
Statue
Period
Late Victorian
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CARLISLE

NY3956SE VICTORIA PARK 671-1/6/279 Statue of Queen Victoria

II

Also known as: Statue of Queen Victoria BITTS PARK. Statue of Queen Victoria. 1902 by Sir Thomas Brock RA. Unpolished light-coloured granite ashlar and bronze. Set on broad granite steps is a moulded and chamfered plinth with square shaft which has bronze panels depicting EMPIRE, EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ART, COMMERCE (all signed by sculptor); surmounted by standing figure of Victoria in state robes. Inscription on front of plinth gives details of Victoria and her reign; rear inscription records the names of those subscribing to costs of the panels. For illustration of unveiling see Perriam (1989). This statue is identical to one erected by the same sculptor at Brighton and Hove. Sir Thomas Brock was one of the more prominent late-Victorian sculptors who did a large number of statues of Queen Victoria (pre-eminently the Victoria Memorial, The Mall, London). (Perriam DR: Carlisle in Camera 2: 1989-: P.22).

Listing NGR: NY3990856347

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