Lord Hill's Column, Shrewsbury (statue)

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Lord Hill’s Column, Shrewsbury.

This model shows just the statue in detail. A model of the whole column can be found here: https://skfb.ly/p9JSW

Lord Hill’s Column is an iconic monument at the junction between Abbey Foregate and London Road in Shrewsbury (UK). It was built in 1814-16 to commemorate the military exploits of General Rowland Hill. The spiral staircase inside was added in 1817. The column is made of local Grinshill stone (a Triassic sandstone), and the statue is made of ‘Coade stone’, an early-19th century artificial stone.

It is the largest Doric column in England, and - at nearly 41m tall - it is larger than Nelson’s column. The column is Grade II* listed.

General Hill (1772-1842) was a highly-regarded and much-decorated British army officer (and later politician), who fought in Egypt, Portugal, Spain and France - including at the Battle of Waterloo.

Model created using 1879 photographs taken on 11 February 2024. This project was undertaken for Shropshire Council.