Queen Victoria Memorial - Warwick Gardens, London, UK
N 51° 29.812 W 000° 12.252
30U E 694060 N 5708787
This memorial, to Queen Victoria, was erected by the people of the Royal Borough of Kensington.
Waymark Code: WMEMXE
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/16/2012
Views: 1
The monument, that stands over eleven metres high, is
mainly constructed of pink granite with the plaque and other features cast in
bronze.
The Public Monuments and Sculptures Association website (visit
link) tells us:
"Summary
Half way up the shaft is a band of stone. On the north side is a circular
integral plaque with a moulded border which contains a profile head portrait of
Queen Victoria looking east. She wears a necklace, a small crown and drapery(?)
around her head. Arthur Byron, London Statues. LCC, Outdoor Memorial in London,
1910.
Inscriptions
On bronze plaque attached to north face of pedestal:
IN MEMORY OF
HER MOST GRACIOUS
MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA
BORN IN KENSINGTON PALACE
24TH MAY 1819
THIS COLUMN/ WAS ERECTED BY
THE INHABITANTS OF
THE ROYAL BOROUGH
OF KENSINGON/ 1904
LEWIS H. ISAACS MAYOR
W. CHAMBERS LEETE
H.L. FLORENCE
TOWN CLERK
ARCHITECT
Below the portrait:
VICTORIA QUEEN AND EMPRESS
Element detais:
| Part of work |
Material |
Dimensions |
| Plinth |
Pink granite |
76x218x175cm |
| Pedestal |
Pink granite |
None |
| Shaft |
Pink granite |
The entire monument is 11.5m high |
| Capital, base of shaft, base around
shaft |
Pentalicus marble |
None |
| Frame moulding |
Bronze |
None |
| Plaque and wreath |
Bronze |
65x25x115cm |
The London Gardens On-Line website (visit
link) also tells us about the area:
"Warwick Square was laid out by Lord Kensington's
surveyor William Cutbush between 1824-39 but it was not a successful
development. It was later bisected by the roadway, now Warwick Gardens, a major
one-way route south. In the centre of the road is an area of landscaping around
the Queen Victoria Monument, a memorial erected by inhabitants of the borough of
Kensington. Designed by H L Florence in 1904, the granite column is topped with
an urn and has reliefs of the Queen on the faces. It was re-erected here in
1934. All that remains of the houses of Warwick Square are Nos. 1 - 9 Warwick
Gardens. The central area with the memorial column has planters either side and
a drinking trough to the south, sited here in 1899 by the Metropolitan Drinking
Fountain and Cattle Trough Association at the behest of 'R McC'."