Pedestal to N of Royal Avenue to Rear of Brock Street Bath, England
Listed Building Data
Pedestal to N of Royal Avenue to Rear of Brock Street has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1394755
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 5 August 1975
- Name
- PEDESTAL TO THE NORTH OF ROYAL AVENUE TO THE REAR OF BROCK STREET
- Location
- PEDESTAL TO THE NORTH OF ROYAL AVENUE TO THE REAR OF BROCK STREET, ROYAL VICTORIA PARK
- District
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Grid Reference
- ST 74660 65212
- Easting
- 374660.0000
- Northing
- 165212.0000
Listed Building Description
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ROYAL VICTORIA PARK 656-1/30/1436 Pedestal to the north of Royal Avenue to the rear of Brock Street
(Formerly Listed as: VICTORIA PARK Pedestal by road to south-east) 05/08/75
GV II
Pedestal base to former urn. C18. MATERIALS: Limestone. Circular base to former urn rests on stepped plinth over an acanthus leaf cornice, to each facet carved laurel wreath, moulded plinth. HISTORY: It is not known what urn surmounted this pedestal. The type was a standard production from C18 Bath masons' yards, visible (for instance) in mid-C18 engravings of Prior Park. Victoria Park was laid out in 1830 on the former Barton Fields, an area of common land and was opened by the Duchess of Kent with her daughter, Princess Victoria, on October 23rd 1830. It was the country's first municipal park.
Listing NGR: ST7466065212
