Front Street, statue of Queen Victoria

HER Number

7334

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

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

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

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

436800

Northing

569390

Grid Reference

NZ436800569390

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