Statue of Queen Victoria, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BA

A larger than life bronze statue of Queen Victoria dating from 1903 by J. Wenlock Rollins. The statue is now located in the centre of the quadrangle formed by the front of the Original Hospital (listed under HB26.32.001 H) and the Musgrave Wing (listed under HB26.32.001 K) in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The large bronze statue faces N to Grosvenor road and depicts Queen Victoria sitting on a throne. Her clothes and jewels are elaborately carved; she is wearing a small openwork frame crown and holding an orb and a sceptre. The throne has segmental top-rail, corbelled stiles, carved splat and carved sphinxes to arms. The statue stands on a square section painted cast concrete plinth. Setting: The statue is now located in the centre of the quadrangle formed by the front of the Original Hospital (listed under HB26.32.001 H) and the Musgrave Wing (listed under HB26.32.001 K) in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The hospital is located to the corner of Grosvenor and Falls Road and contains a number of listed records including King Edward VII Buildings (HB26.32.001 D), the perimeter wall, gates & lodges (HB26.32.001 F), the front of the Original Hospital (HB26.32.001 H), Mullhouse works (HB26.32.002), Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (HB26.32.001 I), Microbiology building (HB26.32.001 J), the Musgrave Wing (HB26.32.001 K) and the Hospital Building (HB26.32.001 L).