Mowbray Park, Statue of General Havelock

HER Number

1994

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Mowbray Park, Statue of General Havelock

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

Commemorative Monument

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Statue of General Havelock. A bronze figure on a granite plinth, signed 1861 by Behnes. A founder's mark is on the rear of plinth: The Statue Foundry, Pimlico, London. The statue is an over life size figure in military uniform, sword in hand, on a high stepped base and tall square plinth. The inscription on the plinth reads: 'Born 5 April 1775 at Ford Hall, Bishopwearmouth. Died 24 November 1857 at Dil Koosha, Lucknow'. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

439830

Northing

556390

Grid Reference

NZ439830556390

Sources

<< HER 1994 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 920-1/22/151; Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 44; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 183