Statue Of Henry Schneider is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Statue.
Statue Of Henry Schneider
- WRENN ID
- pale-alcove-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SD1969SE 708-1/12/65 06/05/76
BARROW IN FURNESS DUKE STREET Statue of Henry Schneider
GV II
Statue. 1891. Sculptor: Percy Wood. Bronze on granite pedestal. 2-step stylobate to cylindrical pedestal inscribed: 'IN HONOR/ OF HENRY WILLIAM SCHNEIDER/ MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH/ 1875 TO 1878/ ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1891'; Vitruvian scroll beneath cornice. Robed figure of Schneider faced up Duke Street. Schneider, Hannay and Co built the first blast furnaces in Barrow between 1857-59 then amalgamated with James Ramsden's company to form the Barrow Haematite Iron and Steel Company in 1866. Using the Bessemer process this became by 1876, the biggest iron and steel plant in the world. His life is chronicled elsewhere. Centrepiece of Schneider Square. (Barnes F: Barrow and District: Barrow in Furness: 1967-: 96; Banks A G: H W Schneider of Barrow and Bowness: Kendal: 1984-).
Listing NGR: SD1992769020
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