Obelisk, About 750 Metres West of Helmingham Hall
OBELISK, ABOUT 750 METRES WEST OF HELMINGHAM HALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1181708
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk, About 750 Metres West of Helmingham Hall
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK, ABOUT 750 METRES WEST OF HELMINGHAM HALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1181708
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk, About 750 Metres West of Helmingham Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK, ABOUT 750 METRES WEST OF HELMINGHAM HALL
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:
- OBELISK, ABOUT 750 METRES WEST OF HELMINGHAM HALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Helmingham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM1788357667
Details
TM 15 NE
4/89
HELMINGHAM
HELMINGHAM PARK
Obelisk, about 750m west of Helmingham Hall
II
Obelisk, c.1860. About 20m high and standing on a mound about 7m high. Red
brick. A square plinth about 2.5m high has a square sinking in each face.
The needle-formed obelisk rises without interruption, tapering to a width of
0.5m at the head. A prominent landscape feature in the centre of Helmingham
Park. The mound was part of an C18 wilderness garden; a summerhouse of
c.1760, together with a brick wall, was demolished and the bricks reused in
the obelisk. Included as Grade I in the H.B.M.C. Register of Historic Parks
and Gardens.
Listing NGR: TM1788357667
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 279708
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 39 Suffolk,
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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