It is a Gothic Revival stone memorial in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, commemorating the 1887 golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.

It was donated to Harrogate by its mayor, Richard Ellis, designed by architect Arthur Bown, and unveiled by the Marquis of Ripon.

The monument is built of sandstone in three storeys, with granite shafts and a Sicilian marble statue of Queen Victoria by sculptor William John Seward Webber.

[nb 1] It was constructed by Richardson of Scarborough, and it contains a statue of Queen Victoria executed by William John Seward Webber.

The statue finds a place in a stone structure in the Decorated Gothic style, verging upon the Perpendicular.

The crowd included the Mayor and Corporation, and a "large number" of women representing part of the Ladies' Jubilee Committee.

The careful formality of the occasion may be seen in the following exchange, which included wry jokes about the potentially fatal effect of standing for an hour or two in the snow.

[1][12]The Mayoress (who was not at death's door) replied:[1][12] I am greatly obliged to you for the kind expressions, and trust that I shall have the pleasure of seeing the work brought to a satisfactory completion.

[1][12]Mayoress Ellis spoke to the crowd about the way in which the Jubilee Memorial represented their loyalty to the Queen,[16] ending (to loud cheers) with:[1][12] I think this monument will answer [its] purpose.

I therefore hope it will be completed in due course, and without any accident to the workmen, and that it will long be to the residents of Harrogate, and the visitors resorting hither, a source of pleasure.

[13] He was met at Harrogate railway station by the mayor and corporation, and was escorted across the road to the ceremony in a grand procession of police, a brass band, the fire brigade, local societies, associations and committees, the magistrates, architect Arthur Bown, sculptor (Webber) and contractor, the enrobed mayor and corporation, and officials.

[7]: 136 On the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, 2 February 1901, the licensed victuallers of Harrogate closed their premises until 6 pm and placed a wreath on the Jubilee Memorial,[17] which was "draped in black and purple".

[18] On 7 June 1913, the Jubilee Memorial was garlanded in celebration of the state visit to Harrogate of the Lord Mayor of London, David Burnett.

[7]: 140, 141 On 22 March 1888, Prince Albert Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria, visited the monument and "expressed his warm admiration of the likeness" of the statue to his grandmother.