Monument to Sophia, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, in the French Garden
MONUMENT TO SOPHIA, COUNTESS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE, IN THE FRENCH GARDEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140620
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Sophia, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, in the French Garden
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO SOPHIA, COUNTESS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE, IN THE FRENCH GARDEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140620
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Sophia, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, in the French Garden
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO SOPHIA, COUNTESS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE, IN THE FRENCH GARDEN
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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:
- MONUMENT TO SOPHIA, COUNTESS OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE, IN THE FRENCH GARDEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Maker-with-Rame
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 45527 53177
Details
SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK
7/204 Monument to Sophia, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, in the French 23.1.68 Garden GV II
Monument. Dated 1806. Coade stone. Neo-classical. A flaming urn draped with swags stands on a square corniced plinth on a stepped base. An eared plaque on the urn with the name SOPHIA, and incription panel on the pedestal.
Listing NGR: SX4552453176
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61861
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 8 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly,
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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