Listed Buildings
in Stoke-on-Trent and area
Statue of Josiah
Wedgwood, Winton Square, Stoke
Area
Stoke |
Street
Winton Square |
Heritage No.
151a |
Grade
II |
Date Listed
19 April 1972 |
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Building:
Statue of Josiah Wedgwood |
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Location:
STOKE ON TRENT SJ84NE WINTON
SQUARE, Stoke |
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Description:
1862 SCULPTOR: E. DAVIES, BRONZE,
CONVENTIONAL STANDING |
The original idea for erecting the
statue of Wedgwood was Joseph Mayer's. On 24 January 1859 a Statue
Committee was formed following a meeting chaired by the Mayor of
Hanley, John Ridgway.
The reason for siting the work in front of the railway station
rather than anywhere more central was that it would therefore be
on the boundary of Hanley and Stoke-on-Trent, both of whom laid
claim to being the home of Wedgwood.
Statue of Josiah Wedgwood.
1862 by E.Davies.
Bronze figure on a square stone pedestal.
ERECTED/ BY/ PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION/ INAUGURATED/ BY THE RIGHT HON/ THE EARL OF
HARROWSKY. K. C./ 24 FEB 1863/
Statue of
Josiah Wedgwood I stands in front of the hotel
on the Josiah Wedgwood
Statue
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