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Statue of Queen Victoria

A Grade II Listed Building in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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Latitude: 52.289 / 52°17'20"N

Longitude: -1.5351 / 1°32'6"W

OS Eastings: 431808

OS Northings: 265749

OS Grid: SP318657

Mapcode National: GBR 6NJ.GQD

Mapcode Global: VHBXJ.BQTN

Plus Code: 9C4W7FQ7+HX

Entry Name: Statue of Queen Victoria

Listing Date: 25 March 1970

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1381440

English Heritage Legacy ID: 481802

ID on this website: 101381440

Location: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV32

County: Warwickshire

District: Warwick

Civil Parish: Royal Leamington Spa

Built-Up Area: Royal Leamington Spa

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Leamington Priors All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/292 (North East side)
25/03/70 Statue of Queen Victoria

GV II

Statue of Victoria standing, holding orb and sceptre. 1901-02.
Statue of Sicilian marble, approximately 3 metres high, on red
Aberdeen granite pedestal, approximately 4 metres high.
Sculptor: Albert Toft. 1901-2. Cost ยป1,500. Signed on plinth:
'Albert Toft'. Inscribed on front of pedestal: 'Victoria
Queen Empress 1837-1901 She wrought her people lasting
good' (quotation taken from Tennyson); and on back: 'Erected
by the people of Leamington October 11th 1902 William
Davis Mayor'. A plaque on the side of the pedestal records
that: 'A German bomb moved this statue one inch on its plinth
on the 14th November 1940'.
(Darby E: London, Courtauld Institute of Art PhD: 1983::
Statues of Queen Victoria and of Prince Albert ..1837-1924:
VOL II, 216; Building News: 17 October 1902: 540; Leamington
Spa Courier: 18 October 1902: 7; Illustrated London News: 18
October 1902: 586; Architect: 17 October 1902: 256).


Listing NGR: SP3180865749

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