Tynemouth, Tynemouth Road, statue of Duke of Northumberland

HER Number:
7350

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Tynemouth Road, statue of Duke of Northumberland

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
3646

Northing:
6906

Grid Reference:
NZ36466906

Lats/Lons:

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