MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE

MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE, VACHE LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1124987
Date first listed:: 22-Dec-1958
List Entry Name:: MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE
Statutory Address:: MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE, VACHE LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1124987
Date first listed:: 22-Dec-1958
Date of most recent amendment:: 17-Mar-1982
List Entry Name:: MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE
Statutory Address 1:: MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE, VACHE LANE

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Statutory Address:: MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN COOK APPROXIMATELY 70 METRES TO NORTH OF THE VACHE, VACHE LANE

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District:: Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Chalfont St. Giles
National Grid Reference:: SU 99606 94826

Details

CHALFONT ST GILES VACHE LANE 1. 5134 Monument to Captain Cook approximately 70 metres to north of the Vache (formerly listed as Monument to Captain Cook in grounds of The Vache) SU 99 SE 2/66 22.12.58

II 2. Monument to Captain Cook, circa 1780. Circular miniature moat surrounds mound on which stands open 2 storey tower of flint rubble with red brick dressings. Open arcade of one round headed arch to each side. Battlemented parapet. Inside is square stone pedestal inscribed at length with eulogium of Captain Cook and carrying globe. Staircase to flat roof. Erected by Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, Cook's friend. Cook was a frequent guest.

Listing NGR: SU9960694826

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.