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Latitude: 54.892 / 54°53'31"N
Longitude: -2.9328 / 2°55'58"W
OS Eastings: 340266
OS Northings: 555654
OS Grid: NY402556
Mapcode National: GBR 7CYW.V4
Mapcode Global: WH802.X9LJ
Plus Code: 9C6VV3R8+RV
Entry Name: Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
Listing Date: 13 November 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297404
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386880
ID on this website: 101297404
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA1
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Carlisle
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Cuthbert with St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
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CARLISLE
NY4055NW THE CRESCENT
671-1/12/107 (North side)
13/11/72 Statue of Earl of Lonsdale
GV II
Statue. 1846 for the subscribers, signed M.L.WATSON, SCULPTOR.
Calciferous sandstone base, plinth and shaft; white marble
figure. Rusticated square base and plinth; shaft inscribed at
front in six lines WILLIAM EARL OF LONSDALE, LORD LIEUTENANT
OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FROM 1802 TO 1844.
Larger-than-life figure dressed in robe and costume of the
Order of the Garter. A competition for the statue was held in
1845. Its original location was in English Street between the
Courthouses, where the foundation stone was laid in 1846, but
because of a dispute it was not erected until a year later,
(see Carlisle Journal 1845, 6 and 7). A photograph of the
statue being moved on 25 July 1929 is in Cumberland News, 19
September 1986. It was placed in its present location in the
Courthouse Gardens in 1930. For an illustration of the statue
and details of the sculptor, see Marshall Hall (1979).
(Carlisle Journal: 8 March 1845; Carlisle Journal: 24 October
1846; Carlisle Journal: 13 August 1847; Cumberland News: 19
September 1986; Marshall Hall: The Artists of Cumbria: 1979-:
P.93).
Listing NGR: NY4026655654
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