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Latitude: 54.8936 / 54°53'37"N
Longitude: -2.9353 / 2°56'7"W
OS Eastings: 340109
OS Northings: 555833
OS Grid: NY401558
Mapcode National: GBR 7CYV.9K
Mapcode Global: WH802.W8F9
Plus Code: 9C6VV3V7+FV
Entry Name: Statue of James Steel
Listing Date: 13 November 1972
Last Amended: 11 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1196942
English Heritage Legacy ID: 386725
ID on this website: 101196942
Location: Carlisle, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA3
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Town: Carlisle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Carlisle
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Carlisle St Cuthbert with St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Statue
CARLISLE
NY4055 ENGLISH STREET
671-1/12/127 (West side)
13/11/72 Statue of James Steel
(Formerly Listed as:
Steel Monument)
GV II
Statue of James Steel. 1859 for the subscribers, by WF
Woodington. Dalbeattie granite base and plinth surmounted by
white marble figure. Square base with 4 angle granite
bollards. Stepped plinth, the shaft inscribed JAMES STEEL
MAYOR 1845 AND 1846, in 3 lines. Larger-than-life bare-headed
figure in breeches and frock coat, holding a scrolled paper;
heavily weathered, cleaned in 1989; left hand broken off when
moved to its present location on 6 August 1989. Formerly
erected in the Market Place, for further details see Carlisle
Journal (1858 and 1859); the unveiling was illustrated in the
Illustrated London News.
James Steel was editor of the Carlisle Journal. William
Frederick Woodington (1806-93) was a prominent C19 figure
sculptor whose best known work is the bronze relief of the
Battle of the Nile at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar
Square.
(Carlisle Journal: 1 October 1858; Carlisle Journal: 18 March
1859).
Listing NGR: NY4010955833
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