The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres to West of Shotover Park
THE OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES TO WEST OF SHOTOVER PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181640
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres to West of Shotover Park
- Statutory Address:
- THE OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES TO WEST OF SHOTOVER PARK
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1181640
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres to West of Shotover Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES TO WEST OF SHOTOVER PARK
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:
- THE OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES TO WEST OF SHOTOVER PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Forest Hill with Shotover
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 58221 06714
Details
FOREST HILL WITH SHOTOVER SHOTOVER SP50NE 5/90 The Obelisk approx. 200m. to 18/07/63 W of Shotover Park
GV II*
Obelisk. c.1735. By William Kent for General James Tyrrell. Limestone ashlar. Square tapering shaft on a pedestal with moulded base and cornice; around the base of the shaft is a band carved with a wave motif and on the top is a spiked metal ball. The obelisk lies on the main axis of the house and forms a focal point in the important early C18 formal layout of the garden. The design of the obelisk may be an adaptation of Kent's proposal. (C.Hussey, Country Life, Vol. LIX, pp.240-246; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.276; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.765).
Listing NGR: SP5822106714
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 246610
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1957), 276
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974)
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 59, (), 240-246
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
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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