Tynemouth, Front Street, statue of Queen Victoria

HER Number:
7334

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Front Street, statue of Queen Victoria

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Statue. Dated 1902; signed Alfred Turner. Portland stone ashlar base; bronze statue. Two wide square steps to diagonal-buttressed square pedestal with inscription. Bronze statue of Queen Victoria in full robes sitting on throne; sceptre in right hand. Small statue of mother and child on right upright; left statue missing at time of survey. Historical note - erected by public subscription. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3680

Northing:
6939

Grid Reference:
NZ36806939

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 9/70; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 206-7