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Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn

A Grade II Listed Building in Hyde Park and Woodhouse, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.8017 / 53°48'6"N

Longitude: -1.5565 / 1°33'23"W

OS Eastings: 429306

OS Northings: 434023

OS Grid: SE293340

Mapcode National: GBR BGJ.7Z

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.2P2X

Plus Code: 9C5WRC2V+M9

Entry Name: Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255605

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465827

ID on this website: 101255605

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Hyde Park and Woodhouse

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leeds St George

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



LEEDS

SE2934SW WOODHOUSE SQUARE
714-1/73/452 (South side)
05/08/76 Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn

II

Statue. 1868. By M Noble, sculptor. Tall granite pedestal with
cornice and plinth, square plan. Inscription: SIR PETER
FAIRBAIRN, KNT/ MAYOR OF LEEDS/ IN/ 1857 AND 1858/ THIS STATUE
WAS ERECTED BY/ THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS/ OF HIS FELLOW
TOWNSMEN. On the statue base, left side: M.NOBLE SCULP/ LONDON
1868. Bronze life-size standing figure, scroll in right hand,
left hand resting on a plinth with cog wheel and drapery with
chain of office.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Peter Fairbairn came to Leeds from Kelso and
started his engineering business in 1826 at the Wellington
Foundry. He worked closely with John Marshall at his flax
mills and with Matthew Murray and James Kitson was one of
Leeds' engineering magnates. He was a churchwarden in the
1830s, councillor 1836-42 and in the 1850s his distinctions
culminated in a knighthood from Queen Victoria at the opening
of the new Town Hall in 1858. He lived at Fairbairn House,
Clarendon Road (qv).



Listing NGR: SE2930634023

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