Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk
Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk

Image credit: Juliet Ferguson / Art UK

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Four-sided obelisk with stepped and sloping base. Each face has a pediment above from which rises the pointed shaft and a decorative incised line just in from the edge. The site for St Paul's Recreation Ground was purchased on 28 May 1888 by Brentford Local Board with money that had been raised to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1887. Due to delays however, it was not opened until 1889.
Title

Queen Victoria Jubilee Obelisk

Date

1887/1889

Medium

red marble

Measurements

H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

TW8_JF_S022

Acquisition method

public subscription

Work type

Obelisk

Owner

Hounslow London Borough Council

Custodian

Hounslow London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

19 October 1889

Access

at all times

Access note

park opening times

Inscription description

on one face: THE / RECREATION / GROUND WAS / PURCHASED / BY / VOLUNTARY / SUBSCRIPTIONS / AND / PRESENTED / TO /THE TOWN / 1887 / IN / COMMEMORATION / OF / HER / MAJESTY'S / JUBILEE

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Located at

Latewood Road, Brentford

TW8 0PJ

St Paul's Recreation Ground, close to the St Paul’s Road entrance.