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Jubilee Plaques of Queen Victoria, Beccles, Great Yarmouth and Wymondham
County Suffolk   District Council Waveney District Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Beccles  Town/Village* Beccles 
Road Fair Close 
Precise Location Nos. 102 and 102a 
OS Grid Ref TM424903  Postcode NR34 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On building  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Stanley Bros  Ceramicist(s)   
Arthur Pells  Architect(s)   

Commissioned by

  

Design & Constrn period

 1897 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Commemorative plaque

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Terracotta     

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Not known 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions 1897; Victoria 60 years Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India; around edge: Canada, Australia,New Zealand, Burmah, Gibraltar, Malta; Africa, W. Indies; Nurses Home 

Description (physical)

 The plaque is set under a segmental pediment framing scallop shell. A profile portrait roundel showing Victoria as Empress of India is set within a frame commemorating her Diamond jubilee, with another inscribed Nurses Home underneath. The house was designed by the local architect Arthur Pells and built at a cost of £400. 

Description (iconographical)

 The terracotta roundel, first cast by Stanley Bros for Queen Victoria’s 1887 Golden Jubilee, is here set in a new frame commemorating her Diamond Jubilee , with an additional plaque identifying the Nurses Home. The plaques were popular across Britain and the site includes two for the Golden Jubilee, added on 11 April 2015 in Church Road Wymondham and (repainted) in Nelson Road Central, Great Yarmouth 

Photographs

 Date taken:  16/3/2015
Date logged:  16/3/2015

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  16/3/2015

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Information on house from Hugh Taylor of the Beccles Society; On the plaque http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/qvplaques.ph accessed 16/03/2015 

Database

 Date entered:  17/3/2015

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke