WELLINGTON MONUMENT
List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: WELLINGTON MONUMENT
List entry Number: 1060281
Location
WELLINGTON MONUMENT
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Somerset
District: Taunton Deane
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Wellington Without
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 25-Jan-1956
Date of most recent amendment: 07-Aug-1986
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 271122
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History
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Details
ST11NW WELLINGTON WITHOUT CP
8/188 Wellington Monument
25.1.56
II*
Monument to the Duke of Wellington. Begun 1817-18 to a design by Thomas Lee, recommended after Duke's death in 1852 and
completed as an obelisk, by H E Goodridge; 1890 restored and heightened another 1.5 m. Local stone. Plan: obelisk on
triangular splayed base with end pilasters. Coved dentil cornice to base, tall unmarked doorway to stair with Egyptian
winged panel above, good studded iron door with lattice work ventilation grill above, obelisk with steeply pointed top
and circular windows. Interior not seen, a flight of 365 steps is said to rise to the viewing platform at the apex. It
is 53.34 m in height. The original design was for a column surmounted by a cast iron statue of the Duke with sculptured
figures of an English, Irish and Scottish veteran on the plinth; cannons captured at Waterloo were intended to surround
the whole. This plan was abandoned because of the expense. (Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects,
1978).
Listing NGR: ST1373817229
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)
National Grid Reference: ST 13738 17229
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