Queen Anne Monument Front

Statue of Queen Anne south at Holmhurst St Mary's School is dated 1711-1712, and
understood to be in Carrara Marble by the English sculptor Francis Bird. The statue originally stood outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, but by 1886 it was in a poor condition and replaced by a replica. The discarded statue was moved by Victorian writer Augustus Hare to his house at Holmhurst St Mary in c.1888, with a new plinth formed from the local sandstone.

The Queen is represented standing, the crown on her head, the Order of St. George round her neck, and with the sceptre in her right hand and the orb in her left. Her sceptre is held pointing downwards. The Queen looks imperiously upwards and to her right. The statue has a substantial oval self-base. The plinth is also oval in general section, with an elaborate cornice, and four projections, corresponding with the four surrounding allegorical figures. Between the projections are panels with frame mouldings. The whole structure stands on a circular platform... To the front of the plinth stands a cartouche with the Royal Arms. Britannia, to the left of it, supports it with her left hand. From the four projections on the plinth, volutes curve outwards and down to form seats for the four female personifications.