Tynemouth Road, statue of Duke of Northumberland

HER Number

7350

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth Road, statue of Duke of Northumberland

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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. Circa 1838-41. Begun by C. Tate (died March 1841); completed by R.G. Davies. Sandstone figure of robed Duke on tapered square pedestal on corniced plinth. NORTHUMBERLAND inscribed above bronze plaque commemorating centenary of Tyne Mariners' Benevolent Institution, unveiled 11th September 1937. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

436460

Northing

569060

Grid Reference

NZ436460569060

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/130; Latimer, 1857, Local Records 1832-1857, pp 118 and 138; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 210-11