Monument to John Clare
MONUMENT TO JOHN CLARE, WEST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1164462
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to John Clare
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN CLARE, WEST STREET
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- Date:
- 1999-08-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/01580/33
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1164462
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to John Clare
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN CLARE, WEST STREET
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:
- MONUMENT TO JOHN CLARE, WEST STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Peterborough (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Helpston
- National Grid Reference:
- TF1215205461
Details
1.
5141
TF 1205
37/302
15.12.55
HELPSTON
WEST STREET
(north side)
Monument to John Clare
II
GV
2.
Monument erected in 1864 to the memory of John Clare, poet, 1793-1864, who was
born and buried in the village. Victorian gothic monument in ashlar. Square
pedestal on ramped base with diagonally placed pier above with buttresses and
surmounted by circular shaft with conical top with a finial.
The pedestal has quatrefoil panels with quotations from Clare's poems.
VCH Northamptonshire Vol II.
Listing NGR: TF1215205461
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 50088
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ryland, W, Adkins, D, Sejeantson, R, The Victoria History of the County of Northampton, (1906)
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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