Statue Of Queen Victoria, Chester

The Statue of Queen Victoria stands in the forecourt of Chester Castle, Chester, Cheshire, England. It was unveiled in 1903, the sculptor was Frederick William Pomeroy, and the statue is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. HistoryThe money for the statue was raised by public subscription, with about one-third being raised in the city of Chester, and the remaining amount from elsewhere in the county. Its total cost was £1, 360, excluding the cost of the foundations. Frederick William Pomeroy was selected to be the sculptor; he had recently created the effigy of the Duke of Westminster in Chester Cathedral. The bronze statue was made in the foundry of Hollinshead and Burton in Thames Ditton, Surrey. The designer of the stonework was Harry Beswick, and the stonemasons were Haswell and Sons of Chester. The statue was unveiled on 17 October 1903 by Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton. A marble copy of this statue was erected in Woolwich Town Hall in 1905. DescriptionThe statue is in bronze, and depicts Queen Victoria standing, and holding the orb and sceptre. The Queen is dressed in coronation robes, wearing a lace head-dress and the Imperial crown. The figure stands on a pedestal of Stancliffe stone and a base of granite. The figure is about 1. 65m high, and the pedestal is about 1. 70m in height. On the sides of the pedestal are the arms of the city and the county. On the north side of the granite base, facing north, is an inscription in lead reading as follows.

The Statue of Queen Victoria stands in the forecourt of Chester Castle, Chester, Cheshire, England. It was unveiled in 1903, the sculptor was Frederick William Pomeroy, and the statue is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. HistoryThe money for the statue was raised by public subscription, with about one-third being raised in the city of Chester, and the remaining amount from elsewhere in the county. Its total cost was £1, 360, excluding the cost of the foundations. Frederick William Pomeroy was selected to be the sculptor; he had recently created the effigy of the Duke of Westminster in Chester Cathedral. The bronze statue was made in the foundry of Hollinshead and Burton in Thames Ditton, Surrey. The designer of the stonework was Harry Beswick, and the stonemasons were Haswell and Sons of Chester. The statue was unveiled on 17 October 1903 by Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton. A marble copy of this statue was erected in Woolwich Town Hall in 1905. DescriptionThe statue is in bronze, and depicts Queen Victoria standing, and holding the orb and sceptre. The Queen is dressed in coronation robes, wearing a lace head-dress and the Imperial crown. The figure stands on a pedestal of Stancliffe stone and a base of granite. The figure is about 1. 65m high, and the pedestal is about 1. 70m in height. On the sides of the pedestal are the arms of the city and the county. On the north side of the granite base, facing north, is an inscription in lead reading as follows.