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Memorial to Queen Victoria

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8111 / 53°48'39"N

Longitude: -1.5579 / 1°33'28"W

OS Eastings: 429209

OS Northings: 435069

OS Grid: SE292350

Mapcode National: GBR BFF.YM

Mapcode Global: WHC9D.1GFP

Plus Code: 9C5WRC6R+CR

Entry Name: Memorial to Queen Victoria

Listing Date: 5 August 1976

Last Amended: 11 September 1996

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255642

English Heritage Legacy ID: 465817

Also known as: Memorial to Queen Victoria, Leeds

ID on this website: 101255642

Location: Woodhouse Moor, Woodhouse, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2

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: Woodhouse and Wrangthorn

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



LEEDS

SE2935 WOODHOUSE LANE, Woodhouse Moor
714-1/24/1281 (South West side)
05/08/76 Memorial to Queen Victoria
(Formerly Listed as:
HYDE PARK, Woodhouse Moor
Memorial to Queen Victoria on east
side of Woodhouse Moor)

GV II*

Memorial. 1903. By George Frampton RA. Portland stone base and
pedestal with bronze figures and frieze. Base of 4 stone
steps. The plinth has mouldings on front and rear, a
continuous frieze has the words 'INDIA', 'AUSTRALIA', 'CANADA'
and 'AFRICA' on scrolled plaques flanked by owls and symbolic
foliage. The tall plinth has the royal arms carved in deep
relief to front and the words 'RAISED/ BY/ VOLUNTARY
SUBSCRIPTION/ OF /CITIZENS/ OF/ LEEDS/ IN THE YEAR/ 1901' on
the rear. The sides of the plinth have niches with seated
statue of 'PEACE' (left) and 'INDUSTRY' (right). The statue of
Queen Victoria is enthroned, in coronation robes; the back of
the throne has a radiant sun. On the plinth below the statue
the words 'GEO FRAMPTON RA 1903'. The statue originally stood
in Victoria Square, outside the Town Hall. It was unveiled on
27 November 1905 and was moved in 1937.
(Payne B & Payne D: Old Leeds in Photographs: 26).


Listing NGR: SE2920935069

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