Obelisk at National Grid Reference SO 7523
OBELISK AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE SO 7523
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1266786
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1986
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE SO 7523
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1266786
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1986
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE SO 7523
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE SO 7523
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Eastnor
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 75232 37827
Details
SO 73 NE,
5/35
EASTNOR CP,
EASTNOR PARK
Obelisk at NGR SO 7523 3783
II*
Obelisk. Erected in 1812, probably to the designs of Sir R Smirke, for
2nd Lord Somers. Ashlar. Square panelled base on a tooled plinth; stepped
top over a plain band. Tapering shaft with pyramidal top. Inscribed panels
on each side of the base; on the north side to the Honourable Edward Cocks
who fell at Burgos, Spain in 1812 and in whose memory the obelisk was
erected; on the east side to Lord Chancellor Somers, died 1806; on the south
side to Ensign James Cocks, died 1758.
Listing NGR: SO7523237827
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 152460
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 20 Hereford and Worcester,
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