Jubilee Memorial - Ottery St Mary, Devon
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N 50° 45.141 W 003° 16.732
30U E 480328 N 5622323
A red brick and sandstone column, originally built to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee 1897, updated 2012 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II.
Waymark Code: WM16DPC
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/09/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dragontree
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A red brick and sandstone column, originally built to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee 1897, updated 2012 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II.

"Tall brick square column, somewhat in C18 style, to commemorate 1897 jubilee of Queen Victoria. Stone steps, base, and cap with cornice, surmounted by orb and cross. 4 raised brick panels or each side, and on north and south sides stone panels with inscriptions. Cornice has egg and dart bedmould, above frieze with triglyph fluting."

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Queen Victoria plaques -
south face:
AT THE CLOSE
OF THE SIXTIETH YEAR
OF THE REIGN OF
VICTORIA
THE TOWNSFOLK
OF THIS PLACE
SET UP THIS STONE
TO HAND ON TO THOSE
WHO COME AFTER
THE HAPPY MEMORY
OF A GREAT A WISE
AND A VIRTUOUS
QUEEN
1837 - 1897

north face
REGINAM
CONJUGEM
MATREM
FEMINAM
QUOMODO
DILEXIMUS
_
W.CAVE . INVt
F.LUXTON . ÆDt


Queen Eklizabeth plaques -
west face:
IN CELEBRATION
OF THE
DIAMOND JUBILEE OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
1952 - 2012
OTTERY St MARY
TOWN COUNCIL
RESTORED THIS MONUMENT

east face:
ELIZABETH II
DEI GRATIA REGINA
FIDEI DEFENSOR
EJUS
REGNANTIS
SEXAGINTA ANNOS
IN LAETA
CELEBRATIONE
MMXII

F.J. Luxton 2012
Type of Historic Marker: Column

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