WELLINGTON MONUMENT
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060281
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1956
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 07-Aug-1986
- Statutory Address:
- WELLINGTON MONUMENT
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- WELLINGTON MONUMENT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Somerset
- District:
- Taunton Deane (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wellington Without
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 13738 17229
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 271122
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978)
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
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