Latitude: 53.1899 / 53°11'23"N
Longitude: -2.881 / 2°52'51"W
OS Eastings: 341231
OS Northings: 366232
OS Grid: SJ412662
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.32P2
Mapcode Global: WH88F.Q29W
Plus Code: 9C5V54Q9+XJ
Entry Name: Statue of Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquis of Westminster
Listing Date: 10 January 1972
Last Amended: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375832
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469811
ID on this website: 101375832
Location: Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Statue
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK 1932-1/6/136 Statue of Richard Grosvenor, second 10/01/72 Marquis of Westminster (Formerly Listed as: GROSVENOR PARK Statue of Second Marquis of Westminster)
GV II
Statue on plinth, of Richard Grosvenor second Marquis of Westminster. 1869. By Thomas Thornycroft at the expense of the Marquis's tenants, friends and neighbours, following his death in 1867. Polished granite and white stone; more than life-size. Granite plinth inscribed "RICHARD : SECOND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER : K.G. : THE GENEROUS LANDLORD : THE FRIEND OF THE DISTRESSED : THE HELPER OF ALL GOOD WORKS : THE BENEFACTOR TO THIS CITY : ERECTED BY TENANTS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS : AD 1869". The Marquis stands in Garter robes but bare-headed, with one foot slightly advanced, expression benevolent and hands offering help. The statue is well positioned at the crossing of the main north-south and east-west axes of the Park which, designed by Edward Kemp and with lodge (qv) and features by John Douglas, was given to the City of Chester by the second Marquis of Westminster. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-: 160).
Listing NGR: SJ4123166232
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