Statue of Alfred the Great, Southwark
 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 statue of Alfred the Great in Southwark may be London's oldest outdoor statue.
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 | change source]- ↑ 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.