| Victoria Memorial | |
|---|---|
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| Location | The Mall |
| Coordinates | 51°30′06.65″N 00°08′26.34″W / 51.5018472°N 0.1406500°W |
| OS grid reference | TQ291797 |
| Area | London, SW1 |
| Height | 25 m[1] |
| Unveiled | 16 May 1911 |
| Built | 1901 (memorial gardens) 1906–24 (monument)[2] |
| Restored | bronzes – April 2011[3] |
| Sculptor | Sir Thomas Brock |
| Architectural style(s) | Beaux-Arts[2] / Edwardian Baroque |
| Governing body | The Royal Parks |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Queen Victoria Memorial |
| Designated | 5 February 1970 |
| Reference no. | 1273864[4] |
  The Victoria Monument in central London | |
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. It was the centrepiece of an ambitious urban planning scheme, which included the creation of the Queen’s Gardens to a design by Sir Aston Webb, and the refacing of Buckingham Palace (which stands behind the memorial) by the same architect.
Like the earlier Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, commemorating Victoria's consort, the Victoria Memorial has an elaborate scheme of iconographic sculpture. The central pylon of the memorial is of Pentelic marble, and individual statues are in Lasa marble and gilt bronze.[5] The memorial weighs 2,300 tonnes (about 2535 short tons)[1] and is 32 m (104 ft) in diameter.[6] In 1970 it was listed at Grade I.[4]
- ^ a b "The Queen Victoria Memorial". The Royal Parks. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2003), London: Westminster, The Buildings of England, vol. 6, London and New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 655–6
- ^ "St James's Park and the Green Park Management Plan 2008–2018" (PDF). The Royal Parks. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Queen Victoria Memorial (Grade I) (1273864)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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