Coal Duty Obelisk at Foot of Hill Opposite Stile to Public Footpath
COAL DUTY OBELISK AT FOOT OF HILL OPPOSITE STILE TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH, HOLY CROSS HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100567
- Date first listed:
- 08-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Coal Duty Obelisk at Foot of Hill Opposite Stile to Public Footpath
- Statutory Address:
- COAL DUTY OBELISK AT FOOT OF HILL OPPOSITE STILE TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH, HOLY CROSS HILL
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100567
- Date first listed:
- 08-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Coal Duty Obelisk at Foot of Hill Opposite Stile to Public Footpath
- Statutory Address 1:
- COAL DUTY OBELISK AT FOOT OF HILL OPPOSITE STILE TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH, HOLY CROSS HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COAL DUTY OBELISK AT FOOT OF HILL OPPOSITE STILE TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH, HOLY CROSS HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Broxbourne (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 34298 05782
Details
1. 5251 CHESHUNT HOLY CROSS HILL (east side) Wormley Coal Duty Obelisk at foot of hill opposite stile to public footpath TL 30NW 2/6
II
2. 1861 to mark boundary of London coal duty, one of seven in the district. Painted cast iron, about one and a half metres high. Square post with flat pyramid top, chamfered corners and roll- moulded knecking. Raised crest with painted cross (City of London arms). (W Branch Johnson (1970), 82-84).
Listing NGR: TL3429805782
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157348
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 82-84
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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