Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Statue of Lord Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48488, -3.17700
- Cadw reference
- 13693
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To SW of Gorsedd circle, facing SW.
History
1917 by W Goscombe John. Lord Ninian Edward Crichton Stuart was Member of Parliament for Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Llantrisant from 1883 to 1915, when he was killed in the Great War.
Exterior
Standing bronze figure on moulded stone plinth. Bronze figure in military dress, represented with right leg bent at knee and extending forward and with right foot placed on a rock. Right arm with forearm outstretched and the right hand clasping a pair of binoculars. Left arm is slightly extended, with left hand holding papers and a riding crop.
Reason for designation
Listed as imposing public sculpture by important Welsh artist on important site in civic centre.
Nearby in the register
- Statue of David Lloyd GeorgeCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Statue of Godfrey, First Viscount TredegarCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Hut in Gorsedd GardensGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Pair of Obelisk Lamp Stands to SE of City HallCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.