Latitude: 53.7561 / 53°45'21"N
Longitude: -2.7009 / 2°42'3"W
OS Eastings: 353883
OS Northings: 429082
OS Grid: SD538290
Mapcode National: GBR T9P.N2
Mapcode Global: WH85M.HV2F
Plus Code: 9C5VQ74X+CJ
Entry Name: Statue of Sir Robert Peel Opposite Cross Street
Listing Date: 27 September 1979
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207346
English Heritage Legacy ID: 392202
ID on this website: 101207346
Location: Avenham, Preston, Lancashire, PR1
County: Lancashire
District: Preston
Electoral Ward/Division: Town Centre
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Preston
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Preston St John and St George the Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Statue
PRESTON
SD5329SE WINCKLEY SQUARE 941-1/11/305 (East side) 27/09/79 Statue of Sir Robert Peel opposite Cross Street
GV II
Monument to Sir Robert Peel (d.1850). Erected 1852; by Thomas Duckett of Preston. Limestone. High square pedestal with moulded base and banded top, surmounted by statue of Sir Robert Peel standing with his left hand on a draped rock behind him and his right hand at his waist, wearing a top coat, and a pair of trousers the tightness of which attracted contemporary criticism ("The clothing appears to cling to the lower limbs as though it had been soaked in water": Hardwick, History of Preston, 1857). The pedestal is inscribed "SIR/ ROBERT PEEL/ BARONET" with "ERECTED/ BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ 1852" on the plinth, while its base has a linear hollow in place of the original inscription "THOMAS MONK ESQ., MAYOR" (erased following Thomas Monk's sentence to penal servitude for life in 1858, convicted for forging a will).
Listing NGR: SD5388229082
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