Description

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6399 PEMBROKE ROAD 774-1/12/80 (North East side) 25/09/72 The Fitzclarence Monument

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Also known as: The Clarence Monument PEMBROKE ROAD. Monument. 1852. By J Truefitt and WB Davis. Portland stone. Tapering octagonal column on multi-stepped base, Gothic crowning feature of octagonal capital with ogee crocketed tracery to underside and finial with traceried panels and crockets, terminated in a weather vane (broken). Erected in memory of Lieutenant-General Fitzclarence who died 1852. Inscription reads: "To Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., this column was erected by the inhabitants of Portsmouth to mark their sense of the many services rendered to the Borough during his command of this garrison, 1852". (Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1989-: 10; Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 82).



Listing NGR: SZ6334899296

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