Queen Victoria Road, statue of Queen Victoria

This statue was listed Grade II* in 1987 with the following description:
'Statue. Dated 1906, signed GEO FRAMPTON R.A. Sandstone terrace and walls; white marble statue. Paved square terrace with indented corners has steps on sides opposite hospital entrance and flanking dwarf walls with wide sloped coping. High square pedestal has 4 low square buttresses at corners, and side panels with curved heads, bearing inscriptions VICTORIA OF ENGLAND/1837-1901/; UNVEILED BY KING EDWARD VII/JULY 11, 1906/; THE GIFT OF SIR RILEY LORD/1906. Over-life-size statue of young Queen standing in robes with orb, sceptre and crown.'
Donated by Sir Riley Lord, Mayor of Newcastle, who was responsible for launching an appeal to fund the new Infirmary.