Victoria Monument, Liverpool

Coordinates: 53°24′18″N 2°59′25″W / 53.40501°N 2.99025°W / 53.40501; -2.99025
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This article is about the Victoria Memorial in Liverpool. For other monuments to Queen Victoria, see Victoria Monument (disambiguation).

Victoria Monument, Liverpool

The Queen Victoria Monument is a large neo-Baroque[1] or Beaux-Arts[2] monument built over the former site of Liverpool Castle[1] at Derby Square in Liverpool.

A large ensemble featuring 26 bronze figures by

Liverpool School of Architecture, in collaboration[4] with the local architectural firm[5] of Willink and Thicknesse[1] and built of Portland stone. The foundation stone was laid on 11 October 1902 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.[6] The monument was unveiled on 27 September 1906. It is a Grade II Listed structure,[1]
a preservation category for structures of special public interest.

Sharples and Pollard, in the Liverpool volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, describe the work as Allen's greatest, and as one of the most ambitious monuments to Queen Victoria.[7]

There are four groups of figures around the pedestal, representing agriculture, commerce, industry and education.

baldacchino-like[7] open dome (which Terry Cavanagh called the monument's "least successful feature").[8] On top of the column groups are four allegorical figures representing justice, wisdom, charity, and peace.[7] Atop the dome itself is a large figure representing fame.[7]

In 2002, as part of the

Tatsurou Bashi (b. 1960) created a hotel room around the statue of the Queen entitled Villa Victoria, in which paying guests could spend a night.[9]

The monument standing amidst the desolation of the Liverpool Blitz

See also

List of public art in Liverpool

  • Fame atop the dome
    Fame atop the dome
  • Education statue
    Education statue

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Monument to Queen Victoria". Liverpool World Heritage. City of Liverpool. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  2. ISBN 9780853238942
    . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Jacqueline Banerjee and George P. Landow. "Queen Victoria Monument". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ISBN 9780853237662
    . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Basic Biographical Details – Willink & Thicknesse". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener in Liverpool". The Times. No. 36897. London. 13 October 1902. p. 8.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0300102581
    . Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-0853237112
    .
  9. ^ Villa Victoria Liverpool Biennial website
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