Detail View: SHIMMER: Jubilee Monument

Title: 
Jubilee Monument
Caption: 
View in Endcliffe Park looking towards Rustlings Road.
Creation Date: 
1887
Dimensions: 
10 m high (approx)
Image Date: 
1999
Period: 
19th century
Location: 
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
stone , iron - cast
Display Creator: 
FLOCKTON & GIBBS
Image ID: 
99-1668
Description: 
View across the Park with the Jubilee Monument in the background. Location: Endcliffe Park, visible from Rustlings Road. Originally at the top of Fargate, moved in 1905 to be replaced by the statue of Queen Victoria by Alfred Turner (now itself in Endcliffe Park and visible from Hunter's Bar roundabout). Description: Stone memorial, c. 10m high, surrounded by four cast iron gas lamps. It consists of obelisk of red polished granite set above a carved stone capitol above a block of grey polished granite. This latter carried an inscription: " ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE / THE JUBILEE / OF / QUEEN VICTORIA / 1887" The obelisk is mounted on stone blocks set on a paved area on a patch of leveled ground overlooking the playing fields in the park. Commission: Approved by Lord Mayor's advisory committee. Comment: The gas lamps have been removed from their holders, which remain.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Image Storage Location: 
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/99-1668.jpg
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
FLOCKTON & GIBBS
Creator Dates - Born: 
1878
Creator Dates - Died: 
1895
Creator Role: 
Architectural firm. Based in Sheffield.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Urban parks -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading: 
Monuments
Subject Heading: 
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 (reigned 1837-1901)
Subject Heading: 
Obelisks