page_title: Hugh Stowell Brown
section_title: Statue
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Stowell Brown / Statue
caption_attribution_description: English: The statue which used to be atop this plinth is apparently lying round in some yard. The whole thing is Grade II listed and should get the attention it deserves.
context_page_description: Hugh Stowell Brown was a Manx Christian minister and renowned preacher.
  Hugh Stowell Brown was a preacher, pastor and social reformer in Liverpool in the nineteenth century. His public lectures and work among the poor brought him great renown. On his death a statue was raised to him, one of only three Liverpool clergymen to receive that honour. His brother was the Manx poet Thomas Edward Brown.
context_section_description: Soon after his death a statue of Hugh Stowell Brown was paid for by public subscription. The Statue was unveiled on Tuesday 15 October 1889 in the churchyard at the front of Myrtle Street Baptist Church opposite the Philharmonic Hall. 
  In 1939, Myrtle Street church was closed and subsequently demolished, and the site became a car park. The statue was moved to Princes Road/Avenue, close to Princes Park gates, Liverpool on Saturday 25 September 1954. 
  The statue was then removed around the time that the William Huskisson was toppled from its pedestal in 1988. It had suffered extensive damage lay forlornly in the stable yard at Croxteth Hall in Liverpool until in early 2014. 
  
  Then as part of the planning stipulations for the development of student apartments on Hope Street an agreement between the Nordic Construction (the developers) and Liverpool City Council was made to restore the statue and erect it on Hope street at the entrance to the apartments and opposite the Philharmonic pub.
  
  The restoration itself was coordinated via Nick Roberson of Roberson Stone Carving and Stewart Darlow of Nordic Construction to ensure the project was kept as original as possible.
  The extensive restoration began with cleaning the once white marble. This included removal of lichen, algae and moss and extensive steam cleaning. The hands, foot and sack coat damage were replaced using matching Italian marble and original photographic reference to replicate the lost detail. This left the nose and ears which were restored using marble dust and lime in accordance with current accepted restoration practice.
  On 10 September 2015 the 7.5 tonne restored statue and plinthwere finally erected not far from their original location on Hope Street.
caption: statue pedestal
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