Statue Of Queen Anne is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. Statue.
Statue Of Queen Anne
- WRENN ID
- broken-iron-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MINEHEAD
SS9646 WELLINGTON SQUARE 900-1/3/115 (South side) 04/07/52 Statue of Queen Anne
GV II*
Statue of Queen Anne. 1719, by Francis Bird. Alabaster. The over-life-size standing figure of Queen Anne is in full court dress with regalia. Pedestal and canopy 1893, by H Dare Bryan. Marble and freestone. The statue stands on a cuboid marble plinth with a moulded cornice. Behind it is an ashlar wall approx 5m high, with a dentilled pediment and cornice over an inscription in Art Nouveau lettering with date. A half dome with a triglyph frieze and cornice over the statue is supported by 4 marble columns resting on a pierced balustrade to the front. HISTORY: Sir Joseph Bancks, MP for Minehead 1698-1713, commissioned Francis Bird in 1719 to make a statue of Queen Anne similar to that in St Paul's Cathedral. Originally placed in St Michael's Church, St Michael's Road (qv), it was moved to Wellington Square in 1893.
Listing NGR: SS9677346166
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