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Latitude: 50.3653 / 50°21'54"N
Longitude: -4.1427 / 4°8'33"W
OS Eastings: 247700
OS Northings: 53902
OS Grid: SX477539
Mapcode National: GBR RB8.0R
Mapcode Global: FRA 2862.HW0
Entry Name: Drake Statue
Listing Date: 1 May 1975
Last Amended: 9 November 1998
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1386462
English Heritage Legacy ID: 473849
Location: Plymouth, PL1
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: St Peter and the Waterfront
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
PLYMOUTH
SX4753 THE PROMENADE, Hoe
740-1/66/303 Drake Statue
01/05/75
(Formerly Listed as:
THE HOE, Plymouth
Drake Statue)
GV II*
Memorial with statue. 1884. By JE Boem, sculptor. Dressed
granite. Square plan. Stepped base to vermiculated plinth
ramped in to polished pink granite chest with moulded white
granite cornice and sloped in as base to large bronze statue
of Sir Francis Drake with globe under his right hand and his
left hand on his sword. Low perimeter fence with granite
plinth and chains between turned cast-iron stanchions.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
665).
Listing NGR: SX4770053902
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