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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 45 SW 182 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | STATUE OF GENERAL WOLFE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1911 to 1911. A lead statue of General Wolfe by Derwent Wood ARA, erected in 1911.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 44667 54028 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ45SW |
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| Parish: | WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Modern - 1911 AD to 1911 AD)
Associated Finds
- STATUE (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1244025: STATUE OF GENERAL WOLFE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM The Green (West End)
Statue of General Wolfe TQ 4454 35/1373 10.9.54.
II*
2. Erected in 1911. Designed by Derwent Wood ARA and standing on ornamental pedestal of Portland stone. Inscription reads - Major-General James Wolfe, Born at Westerham, January 2nd, 1727. Died at battle of Quebec September 13th, 1759.
Listing NGR: TQ4466854028
Description from record TQ 45 SW 56 :
(TQ 44675403) Monument (NAT) (1) 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM The Green (West End) Statue of General Wolfe TQ 4454 35/1373 10.9.54. II* Erected in 1911. Designed by Derwent Wood ARA and standing on ornamental pedestal of Portland stone. Inscription reads - Major- General James Wolfe, Born at Westerham, January 2nd, 1727. Died at battle of Quebec September 13th, 1759. (2) Derwent Wood's statue of General Wolfe, 1910, lead statue on a bulgy stone base. Wolfe, in a cocked hat, awkwardly brandishes his sword. (3-4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.
<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 36c (OS Card Reference). SKE41015.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 596 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38023.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1971. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 36c. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 596 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30997 statue, ] |
