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© Mr Mel Ellis
IoE Number:
473549
Location:
DEVONPORT COLUMN, KER STREET
PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH, DEVON
Photographer:
Mr Mel Ellis
Date Photographed:
23 September 2003
Date listed:
25 January 1954
Date of last amendment:
25 January 1954
Grade
I
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PLYMOUTH
SX4554 KER STREET, Devonport
740-1/54/150 Devonport Column
25/01/54
GV I
Commemorative column. 1824 by John Foulston. Granite fluted
Greek Doric column surmounted by railed platform with
flagpole, the column standing on a panelled plinth set on a
high stepped granite ashlar platform approached by steps. To
south side is a cast-iron plaque with crown and inscribed:
"Devonport, January 1st 1824".
This monument commemorates the change of name from Plymouth
Dock to Devonport and the Charter of the Borough.
Part of an important group of civic structures by Foulston,
some of the most remarkable for their date in the country.