Wednesday, 17 February 2016

*ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, LANCASHIRE* - Hugh Mason (1817-1886)

Inscription:- just name and dates.
Sculptor:- Joseph W. Swynnerton.
Unveiled:- September 1887.
Notes:- Grade II listed (July 1987); bronze on granite pedestal; over £1,600 was raised by public subscription for the statue; originally located in Chester Square in Ashton-under-Lyne, moving to its current location in the mid 1990s; more on Mason here.

Overall:- 6.5/10

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