Listed Building: STATUE OF WILLIAM III TO SOUTH WEST OF BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C (BUILDING NUMBER 1/87C NOT INCLUDED) (1272288)

Statue of William III. Dated 1718, relocated (19and (20. Sculptor, Van Noss (Lloyd). Gilt statue, ashlar plinth, concrete podium. Plinth has moulded base and cornice; panelled sides and inscriptions "Gulielmo III Optimo Regi", and "Ricardus Norton Humilime O.D.". The statue is of William III dressed as a cloaked Roman General, crowned with a laurel wreath, holding a baton. William III order a major expansion of the naval dockyard in 1690. The statue originally stood on the parade ground, in front of Long Row (qv), and then in front of Admiralty House (qv) before being brought to its present location (Lloyd O). (Sources: Lloyd OW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974: 86 ; The Buildings of England: Lloyd o: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1985: 411). Selected Sources Books and journals Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 86 Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, (1967), 411