Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Victoria Model Lodging House (former). Reliefs of British Nationalities. Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 151 | |
Manual Reference | LE155TC | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Victoria Model Lodging House (former). Reliefs of British Nationalities. | |
Sculptor | unknown, *** | |
Architect | Hind, Thomas | |
Date of design | ||
Year of unveiling | ||
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Britannia Street | |
Precise Location | Between ground floor and first floor windows of Velvetex Ltd., former Victoria Model Lodging House; South side of Britannia Street. | |
A to Z Ref | 20 C6 (1) | |
OS Ref | SK591053 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | ||
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
Two panels, on the exterior wall between the ground and first floor levels, representing stock types of British nationalities in caricature. Each panel shows two types framed by ornate vases containing their national flowers. The lefthand panel shows, on the left, a man in traditional Welsh costume, carrying a leek and, on the right, a corpulent English John Bull figure waving a pipe; the Welsh vase contains a leek and the English vase a rose. The righthand panel shows, on the left, a kilted Scotsman with a furled umbrella and, on the right, a shillelagh-wielding Irishman. The Scottish vase contains a thistle and the Irish a shamrock. | ||
circa | c.1887 | |
raw year | ||
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | None | |
Signatures | None | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Each panel | brick, carved | h.104cm; w.221cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | both reliefs intact, but weathered; brickwork needs repointing; blackened in places. |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
