Chamberlain Memorial

It was designed by the architect John Henry Chamberlain – no relation of the statesman, but a personal friend and himself a member of the Liberal elite who dominated civic life in Birmingham at this time.

It bears a 50 centimetres (20 in) portrait medallion of Chamberlain by Thomas Woolner on the south side.

The carvings of the capitals and the crocketted spire were done by Samuel Barfield of Leicester, John Henry Chamberlain's favourite sculptor.

Salviati Burke and Co. of Venice were commissioned to do the mosaics after their success with the Birmingham Council House.

[2] The plaque on the monument reads: This memorial is erected in gratitude for public service given to this town by Joseph Chamberlain who was elected Town Councillor in November 1869, Mayor in November 1873, and resigned that office in June 1876 on being returned as one of the representatives of the Borough of Birmingham in Parliament.