Description

LEEDS

SE2934SW WOODHOUSE SQUARE
714-1/73/452 (South side)
05/08/76 Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn

II

Statue. 1868. By M Noble, sculptor. Tall granite pedestal with
cornice and plinth, square plan. Inscription: SIR PETER
FAIRBAIRN, KNT/ MAYOR OF LEEDS/ IN/ 1857 AND 1858/ THIS STATUE
WAS ERECTED BY/ THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS/ OF HIS FELLOW
TOWNSMEN. On the statue base, left side: M.NOBLE SCULP/ LONDON
1868. Bronze life-size standing figure, scroll in right hand,
left hand resting on a plinth with cog wheel and drapery with
chain of office.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Peter Fairbairn came to Leeds from Kelso and
started his engineering business in 1826 at the Wellington
Foundry. He worked closely with John Marshall at his flax
mills and with Matthew Murray and James Kitson was one of
Leeds' engineering magnates. He was a churchwarden in the
1830s, councillor 1836-42 and in the 1850s his distinctions
culminated in a knighthood from Queen Victoria at the opening
of the new Town Hall in 1858. He lived at Fairbairn House,
Clarendon Road (qv).

Listing NGR: SE2930634023

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547184

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