Statue Of James Steel is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1972. Statue.
Statue Of James Steel
- WRENN ID
- plain-spandrel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1972
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CARLISLE
NY4055 ENGLISH STREET 671-1/12/127 (West side) 13/11/72 Statue of James Steel (Formerly Listed as: Steel Monument)
GV II
Statue of James Steel. 1859 for the subscribers, by WF Woodington. Dalbeattie granite base and plinth surmounted by white marble figure. Square base with 4 angle granite bollards. Stepped plinth, the shaft inscribed JAMES STEEL MAYOR 1845 AND 1846, in 3 lines. Larger-than-life bare-headed figure in breeches and frock coat, holding a scrolled paper; heavily weathered, cleaned in 1989; left hand broken off when moved to its present location on 6 August 1989. Formerly erected in the Market Place, for further details see Carlisle Journal (1858 and 1859); the unveiling was illustrated in the Illustrated London News. James Steel was editor of the Carlisle Journal. William Frederick Woodington (1806-93) was a prominent C19 figure sculptor whose best known work is the bronze relief of the Battle of the Nile at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. (Carlisle Journal: 1 October 1858; Carlisle Journal: 18 March 1859).
Listing NGR: NY4010955833
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