Description

MINEHEAD

SS9646 WELLINGTON SQUARE
900-1/3/115 (South side)
04/07/52 Statue of Queen Anne

GV II*

Statue of Queen Anne. 1719, by Francis Bird. Alabaster. The
over-life-size standing figure of Queen Anne is in full court
dress with regalia. Pedestal and canopy 1893, by H Dare Bryan.
Marble and freestone.
The statue stands on a cuboid marble plinth with a moulded
cornice. Behind it is an ashlar wall approx 5m high, with a
dentilled pediment and cornice over an inscription in Art
Nouveau lettering with date. A half dome with a triglyph
frieze and cornice over the statue is supported by 4 marble
columns resting on a pierced balustrade to the front.
HISTORY: Sir Joseph Bancks, MP for Minehead 1698-1713,
commissioned Francis Bird in 1719 to make a statue of Queen
Anne similar to that in St Paul's Cathedral. Originally placed
in St Michael's Church, St Michael's Road (qv), it was moved
to Wellington Square in 1893.

Listing NGR: SS9677346166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Statue of Queen Anne at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17555996

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)