A statue of William III, also known as the Prince of Orange statue, stands in

Brixham Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fish ...

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. It commemorates the landing of William of Orange (later to become King

William III of England William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, Zeeland, Lordship of Utrecht, Utrec ...

) and his army at the town on 5 November 1688. The monument has been a Grade II

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since 1949.

Description

The monument consists of a white marble statue on a granite pedestal and plinth. The statue is a figure of William Prince of Orange. On the south-west face of the pedestal (facing away from the harbour) the incised inscription reads:

On the south-east face the inscription reads:

On the north-west face is the inscription:

The statue was originally surrounded by a set of iron railings, but these no longer exist.

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* Brixham Grade II listed buildings in Devon William III, Brixham Statues of William III of England {{Devon-stub