Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 August 2016.

SE2835SE
714-1/70/1279
05/08/76

LEEDS
HYDE PARK ROAD,
Woodhouse Moor
(East side)

Statue of Robert Peel to north corner of Woodhouse Moor

II

Statue. 1852. By W Behnes.Bronze statue on a pink-granite pedestal
and stepped grey-granite base’. The Conservative politician is shown in
contemporary dress, the pose similar to that in a portrait by HW
Pickersgill. The pedestal has 'PEEL/ 1852' incised in the front, the statue is
signed 'W BEHNES Sculpt.'
Robert Peel founded the Police Force when Home Secretary in
1822-27 and 1828-30; in 1829 he introduced Roman Catholic
emancipation and was Prime Minister 1834-35 and 1841-46. He
fell from office in 1846 after repealing the Corn Laws and
died in 1850. Many statues were erected to him; this one was originally
erected on Park Row and was moved to Victoria Square in the 1890s where it
was placed in front of the Town Hall. It was subsequently moved again to its
current location on Woodhouse Moor in 1937.

Listing NGR: SE2893435396

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655833

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)