Leonard Stanford Merrifield

Leonard Stanford Merrifield (1880 – 25 April 1943) was a British sculptor, notable for the public monuments he created in Cornwall and in Northern Ireland.

Leonard Stanford Merrifield
Born1880
Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire
Died25 April 1943
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forSculpture

Biography

Merrifield was born at Wyck Rissington in Gloucestershire and initially trained as a stone carver before studying at the Cheltenham School of Art.[1] He moved to London to study at the City and Guilds of London Art School and then at the Royal Academy Schools.[1] Throughout his career Merrifield was based in London and created statuettes and portraits busts plus a number of larger public monuments, statues and war memorials.[2]

From 1906 to 1940 Merrifield was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London.[3] He received a gold medal from the Paris Salon in 1939 and exhibited with both the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal West of England Academy.[1] He was heavily involved with the Art Workers' Guild and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1926.[1]

Selected public works
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
William Williams Pantycelyn The Marble Hall, Cardiff City Hall 1916 Statue on pedestalMarble [4]
War memorial Town Park, High Street, Burnham, Buckinghamshire 1920 Celtic cross with statueStone Grade IIQ66478180 [5][6]

More images		 War memorial The Strand, Newlyn, Cornwall 1920 Celtic cross with relief panelStone and bronze Grade IIQ66478950 Monument designed by Sir Edward Prioleau Warren with relief panel by Merrifield.[7][8]
War memorial Redburn Square, Holywood, County Down 1922 Statue on pedestalStone [9]

More images		 Hedd Wyn Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd 1923 Statue on stepped pedestal with tabletBronze, stone and stone Grade IIQ29505236 [10][11]

More images		 Staffordshire County war memorial Victoria Road, Stafford 1923 Statue group on cenotaph with panelsBronze and stone12m high Grade IIQ26585719 Designed by William Robert Colton, completed by Merrifield[12][13]
War memorial Town Square, Comber, County Down 1923 Statue on pedestalBronze and granite [3][14]

More images		 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry war memorial Outside of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall Sculpture 1922, erected 1924 Statue on pedestal and stepsBronze and granite Grade II*Q2658734 [15][2]

More images		 Memorial to Charles Frohman The Causeway, Marlow, Buckinghamshire 1924 Statue with drinking fountainStone Grade IIQ26418122 Frohman died in the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[16][17]

More images		 Richard Trevithick Camborne, Cornwall 1928 Statue on pedestal with panelsGilded bronze and granite Grade IIQ26647292 [18]

More images		 War memorial Church Place, Lurgan, County Armagh 1928 Statue on hexagonal dome structureBronze and stone [3][19]
War memorial Pontmorlais Circus, Merthyr Tydfil 1931 Statue group and surroundBronze and Portland stone Grade IIQ29489908 [20][21]

More images		 Edward Carson Stormont Parliament Buildings, Belfast 1933 Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [3][22]

More images		 Richard Trevithick Gower Street, London 1933 Relief plaqueBronze Q50078783

Other works

References
  1. University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Leonard Stanford Merrifield FRBS". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry War Memorial (1298217)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. "Leonard Stanford Merrifield". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. Huws, Richard E. (1983). "Wales' Top Ten". 100 Welsh Heroes. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. "War Memorials Register: Burnham". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. Historic England. "Burnham War Memorial (1440042)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. "War Memorials Register: Newlyn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Newlyn war memorial (1449444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. "War Memorials Register: Holywood". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. Cadw. "Statue of Hedd Wyn, Trawsfyndd (82543)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. "War Memorials Register: Hedd Wyn – Private E H Evans". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  12. "War Memorials Register: Staffordshire County Memorial Figure". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  13. Historic England. "Staffordshire County war memorial with flanking walls and gates (1298201)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. "War Memorials Register: Comber and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  15. "War Memorials Register: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  16. "War Memorials Register: C Frohman". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  17. Historic England. "Statue in memory of Charles Frohman (1125093)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  18. Historic England. "Trevithick memorial statue on pavement in front of library (1365624)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  19. "War Memorials Register: Lurgan and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  20. Cadw. "Merthyr Tydfill war memorial (11455)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  21. "War Memorials Register: Merthyr Tydfil". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  22. "Stormont Castle – points of interest". nidirect government services. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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