OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WROXTON COLLEGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1046770
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1988
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 20-Sep-1988
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WROXTON COLLEGE, DARK LANE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WROXTON COLLEGE, DARK LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wroxton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 41961 41272
Details
WROXTON DARK LANE
SP4040-4140
(South side)
10/201 Obelisk approx. 400m SE of
23.2.88 Wroxton College
(Formerly listed as Obelisk at
Wroxton Abbey)
II*
Obelisk. c.1750. Probably designed by Sanderson Miller as part of the
landscaping of Wroxton Abbey Estate. Tall slender obelisk of ironstone on a
square base. Inscription commemorates the visit of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
for the Banbury races 1739.
(VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol IX, p173; buildings of England, Oxfordshire, 1974, p864;
Wroxton Abbey Guidebook, published by Wroxton College, 1982, p11)
Listing NGR: SP4196141272
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 244758
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wroxton Abbey Guidebook, (1982), 11
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 864
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1969), 173
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
