Statue of Alfred the Great, Southwark
statue in Trinity Church Square, London, England, UK
The statue of Alfred the Great in Southwark may be London's oldest outdoor statue.
 Pictured in 2009 | |
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| Coordinates | 51°29′56″N 0°05′37″W / 51.49889°N 0.09361°W |
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| Location | Southwark |
| Material | Coade stone and Bath stone |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Statue in Centre of Trinity Church Square |
| Designated | 2 March 1950 |
| Reference no. | 1385998[1] |
The lower part is from a Roman statue (late 1st or early 2nd century AD). The top is in late 18th or early 19th-century stone in mediaeval style.[1][2][3]
The statue is in the centre of Trinity Church Square in Southwark. It is 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) high and shows a broad-shouldered, bearded man wearing robes and a crown.[2] It may show the 9th-century Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great.[3] The statue now stands in the open air, but the back of the statue is quite plain. It may originally have stood in a niche.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Statue in Centre of Trinity Church Square, Non Civil Parish – 1385998". Historic England. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alberge, Dalya (7 August 2021). "Ancient origins of London's Alfred the Great statue revealed". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alfred the Great's Southwark statue is partly Roman goddess". BBC News. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.