Gott's Monument at the National Society For Epilepsy
GOTT'S MONUMENT AT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY, CHESHAM LANE, CHALFONT ST PETER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124827
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Gott's Monument at the National Society For Epilepsy
- Statutory Address:
- GOTT'S MONUMENT AT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY, CHESHAM LANE, CHALFONT ST PETER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124827
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1958
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Apr-2007
- List Entry Name:
- Gott's Monument at the National Society For Epilepsy
- Statutory Address 1:
- GOTT'S MONUMENT AT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY, CHESHAM LANE, CHALFONT ST PETER
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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:
- GOTT'S MONUMENT AT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY, CHESHAM LANE, CHALFONT ST PETER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chalfont St. Peter
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 00324 92362
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/02/2012
TQ 09 SW
6/26
22.12.58
CHALFONT ST PETER
CHESHAM LANE
Gott's Monument at the National Society for Epilepsy
(formerly listed as Obelisk, Monument Lane, Chalfont Common)
II
Obelisk milestone constructed in 1785, restored in 1879 and altered in the 1960s. Flint rubble with an inscribed stone plaque surrounded by a brick border. The plaque is at horseback height. The inscription on the plaque reads:
1785
To NEWLAND I Mile III Furl.g's
To Chesham VII Miles
Built by Sir H T Gott
Restored by W Brown in 1879
To Denham IV Miles
To Uxbridge VI Miles
LONDON XXI
There is also an incised pointing hand between the 17 and 85 of the first line of inscription.
HISTORY: The monument was erected in 1785 by Sir H T Gott, and sits at the entrance to the Chalfont Epilepsy colony. Local tradition suggests that the monument either commemorates a hunt attended by George III, or an incident in which the king got lost in the forest surrounding the monument.
The monument was damaged by a lightning strike in 1879, and repaired by W Brown. After a second lightning strike in the 1960s the height of the obelisk was reduced from 60ft to about 20ft.
SOURCES: C Haines, Marking the Miles, A History of English Milestones (Norwich, 2000), 97.
Summary of Importance: Milestones are important indicators of C18 and C19 road use, in a period which saw significant changes to transport and road engineering. Gott's Monument is a historically very interesting because of its combined use as both milestone and commemorative monument.
Listing NGR: TQ0032492362
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 44772
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Buckingham, (1908)
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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