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Broad Street / King Street

La croix de la reine

The Queen's Cross

Cyril Warren & Louis Chataignère
1977

Description

Four-armed cross of granite carved with views and symbols of St Helier. The views have captions on the base and show:

front: saint helier | l'eglise de la ville
the face of St. Helier and the town church.
right: le commerce maritime | le mont de la ville
a sailing vessel, a Jersey milk can, and the town of St. Helier
back: la prison du 18ieme siecle | le dolmen du mont de la ville
the 18th century prison and the town pump, the dolmen and the gold torque.
left: elizabeth castle | l'hermitage
Elizabeth Castle, an ormer and the Hermitage.

Inscription(s)

SAINT HELIER
la croix | de la reine

donné
par
la vingtaine
de
la ville
1977
g.w. croad
l.p. sinel
procureurs

design
and sculpture detail
c. warren
stonecarving
l. chataignere

Annotation

The cross is erected to commemorate the silver jubilie of Queen Elizabeth II. The Procureurs du Bien Public of St Helier's Vingtaine de la Ville, Leslie Sinel and George Croad, initiated that the cross includes panels depicting the town's history. They helped to choose some of the subjects for the panels.

Sculptors

Louis Chataignère, French stonecarver.
Cyril Warren, engineer for the States of Jersey Public Works Department.

Sources & Information

The island Wiki, Statues and Monuments.
La Société Jersiaise, Statues and monuments in Jersey.
Louise Downie, St. Helier's Sculpture Trail (PDF on-line).
Jersey Public Sculpture Trust, Public Art in St Helier (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 49°11'5" - W 2°6'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: je14; Photograph: 2 August 2015
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