Albert Memorial Queensbury Yorkshire Bradford United kingdom UK Grade 2 Listed by Eli Milnes

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Memorial to Prince Albert. Dated 1863. By Eli Milnes of Bradford for John Foster & Son. Ashlar. TallGothic structure on 4-step podium. Red-granite drinking water fountains at base, above which, on 2 sidesare well-carved panels of foliage, one with a swan, the other with a heron. On a third side a bronze plaque reads: “ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT of Her Majesty / Queen Victoria who died December / the 14th AD 1861. / This monument was erected by / John Foster & Son: Whitsuntide 1863.” Above, to each side is a well carved allegorical figure in canopied niche with red-granite , Industry, Literature, Fine Art. Diagonal buttresses terminate in tall crocketed the centre is an octagonal stage with diaper-work at the base and a central pedestal surroundedby red-granite colonnettes which support the gable treatment at the base of the tall central spire. Cross finial.

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Albert Memorial Queensbury Yorkshire Bradford United kingdom UK
Photo credit: © Wild Life Ranger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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