[2] The pedestal sits on a tall square plinth with rounded corners accompanied by four bronze lions at the ordinal points.

At the corners, facing ordinal points, are four figurative sculptures, each depicting an allegory of Freedom (northeast), Truth (southeast), Wisdom (southwest) and Justice (northwest).

[citation needed] The frieze on the east face of the monument depicts thirteen prominent Victorians from the fields of arts and culture.

They are, from left to right: The North frieze depicts prominent people of Victorian times from a variety of fields, a "mixed bag of Worthies" Nikolaus Pevsner.

"The bronze is corroding (green patina).The stonework suffers from staining and the monument is often subject to graffiti"[4] and it was placed on the "Heritage at Risk" register of that year.