Duke of York Column

Duke of York Column
1837 view of the Duke of York Column seen from The Mall
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51°30′22.8″N 0°7′54.5″W / 51.506333°N 0.131806°W / 51.506333; -0.131806
LocationLondon, England
DesignerBenjamin Dean Wyatt
TypeMonument
Height137 ft 9 in
Weight16,840 pounds
Opening date10 April 1834
Dedicated toPrince Frederick, Duke of York
Duke of York monument from The Mall
Duke of York statue by Richard Westmacott

The Duke of York Column is a monument in London, England, to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, the second son of King George III. The designer was Benjamin Dean Wyatt. It is sited where a purposefully wide endpoint of Regent Street, known as Waterloo Place and Gardens, meets The Mall, between the two terraces of Carlton House Terrace and their tree-lined squares. The three very wide flights of steps down to The Mall adjoining are known as the Duke of York Steps. The column was completed in December 1832, and the statue of the Duke of York, by Sir Richard Westmacott, was raised on 10 April 1834.[1]

  1. ^ Ward-Jackson, Philip (2011), Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster: Volume 1, Public Sculpture of Britain, vol. 14, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, p. 385