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Latitude: 51.5078 / 51°30'27"N
Longitude: -0.1279 / 0°7'40"W
OS Eastings: 530017
OS Northings: 180419
OS Grid: TQ300804
Mapcode National: GBR HF.FP
Mapcode Global: VHGQZ.QCQH
Plus Code: 9C3XGV5C+4R
Entry Name: The Nelson Monument (Nelson's Column)
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1276052
English Heritage Legacy ID: 207254
ID on this website: 101276052
Location: London, Westminster, London, WC2N
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: St James's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: City of Westminster
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Martin-in-the-Fields
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Victory column
TQ 3080 SW
83/13
CITY OF WESTMINSTER
TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WC2
The Nelson Monument (Nelson's Column)
5.2.70
GV
I
Memorial column and sculpture. 1839-1842, the design by William Railton; the crowning statue by E.H Baily; the bas-relief panels by J.E Carew, J. Ternouth, M.L Watson and W.F Woodington; the lions added 1867, by Sir Edwin Landseer.
Granite and bronze. Tall stepped plinth with lions at angles, lofty coursed pedestal with bronze bas-reliefs and great fluted granite column with bronze Corinthian capital surmounted by the stone statue of Nelson. Noteworthy quality of the four bas-relief panels on the pedestal, depicting Nelson's famous naval victories. Landseer's lions were cast by Baron Marochetti between 1858 and 1867.
Trafalgar Square, known as such from 1830, owes its town planning origin to an initial proposal of Nash's of 1811-12 fully elaborated and laid out as the major executed feature of Nash's Metropolitan - West Strand improvements of 1824-26.
Listing NGR: TQ3001780419
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