Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
3093
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/05/1980
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
Pedestal & Statue of Sir Charles Morgan
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Newport
Locality
Easting
331011
Northing
188146
Street Side
Location
Freestanding in this pedestrianised area, between the National Westminster and Midland Banks; faces E. Formerly listed under Park Square.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Both pedestal and statue are signed by John Evan Thomas, sculptor and dated 1848. Originally sited nearby at the corner of High Street and Baneswell Road (later known as Bridge Street); then moved to Park Square near St Woolos Cathedral and finally re-erected in its present location in 1992.
Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar (1760-1846) was MP for Brecon (1787-96) and for Monmouthshire (1796-1831) and was a well known agriculturalist in this area. John Evan Thomas of Brecon (1810-1873) was an eminent Welsh sculptor and in 1868 was Sheriff of Brecknock.
Exterior
Set on a stepped platform, the granite pedestal has broad cornice and English and Welsh inscriptions to the squared sides; rounded ends. Bronze statue of an informally seated Sir Charles Morgan with classical figures to sides of chair and coat of arms to back. Inscription to left hand side reads: "This memorial was erected AD 1850 by the friends of the late Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar baronet in testimony of their attachment to the man whose benevolence they admired and whose loss they deplore".
Interior
Reason for designation
Fine early Victorian public sculpture of important figure in history of Newport. Group value with the National Westminster Bank.
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