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place:- Cavendish Monument, Barrow-in-Furness
parish Barrow-in-Furness borough, once in Lancashire
county:- Cumbria
statue; monument
coordinates:- SD19296942
10Km square:- SD16
References Listed Buildings 2010

1Km square SD1969

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
STATUE OF LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH AT JUNCTION WITH NORTH ROAD / / HINDPOOL ROAD / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388479 / SD1929769420
courtesy of English Heritage
Statue on plinth. Unveiled 30.6.1885. Sculptor: Albert Bruce Joy. Granite pedestal to bronze statue. 3-step plinth to square pedestal with Shakespearian inscription on the die. Figure of Lord Cavendish wearing an Inverness cape, his right foot forward and his left hand on his hip. Lord Cavendish, 2nd son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire, was Irish Secretary when assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin in 1882. The statue unveiled by his brother Lord Spencer. Originally situated opposite the Town Hall (qv). (The Barrow in Furness Almanack and Tide Tables: Barrow in Furness: 1886-: 64; Trescatheric B: Barrow in Furness in Old Picture Postcards: Netherlands: PL 1).
district:- Barrow in Furness
listed building
coordinates:- SD19296942
person:- : Cavendish, Frederick, Lord
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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