Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
The Walker Memorial Plinth
Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- The Walker Memorial Plinth, Royal Bastion on the Grand Parade, Londonderry, County Londonderry
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.99528, -7.32516
- Date of survey
- 29 January 2014
- HB reference
- HB01/19/013
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A sandstone plinth foundation stone. Setting overlooking west and north/west of city with panoramic view. The Walker Memorial Plinth at the Royal Bastion on the Grand Parade is a memorial to The Rev George Walker, a soldier and Anglican priest. As joint governor of Londonderry during the siege of 1689 he galvanised the opposition to James II. The column was destroyed in 1973. The restored remains of Walker's statue are now in the garden of the nearby Memorial Hall of the Apprentice Boys of Derry.
Whilst of significant local interest, the monument is incomplete and does not meet the criteria for listing - a partial survey only was carried out.
Evaluation
A sandstone plinth foundation stone. Setting overlooking west and north/west of city with panoramic view. The Walker Memorial Plinth at the Royal Bastion on the Grand Parade is a memorial to The Rev George Walker, a soldier and Anglican priest. As joint governor of Londonderry during the siege of 1689 he galvanised the opposition to James II. The column was destroyed in 1973. The restored remains of Walker's statue are now in the garden of the nearby Memorial Hall of the Apprentice Boys of Derry.
Whilst of significant local interest, the monument is incomplete and does not meet the criteria for listing - a partial survey only was carried out.
General comments
Whilst of significant local interest, the monument is incomplete and does not meet the criteria for listing - a partial survey only was carried out.
Nearby in the register
- St. Augustine's ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- St Augustine's School (Church Hall), Palace StreetHallunder 1 mi
- 8 Palace Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PSHouseunder 1 mi
- Apprentice BoysHallunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.