Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute

Following the death of the Marquess, a public meeting was held on 1 May 1848, which appointed a committee to arrange the creation of "a colossal statue" in his memory. It was expected to cost £2000.^[3]

The statue was designed by Welsh sculptor, J. Evan Thomas, who exhibited the statue at the London 1851 Great Exhibition,^[4] centrally in the nave of The Crystal Palace.^[5] The statue was first unveiled to the public in Cardiff in front of Cardiff Town Hall on Wednesday 13 July 1853. ^[4] It was the first statue erected in Cardiff.^[6]

The figure of Crichton-Stuart is cast in bronze, showing him wearing a large flowing ceremonial robe. The bronze figure stands on a tall granite pedestal, 13 feet (4.0 m) in height. The total height of the work was 22 feet (6.7 m). It would be surrounded by an iron railing. ^[4]

The statue was subsequently relocated to the southern end of St Mary Street,^[1] on an additional circular stone base, where it effectively became a roundabout at the junction.

It was moved to Bute Square (later renamed Callaghan Square) in 1999.^[6]

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