Obelisk, Urns and Seat Approximately 100 Metres to South West of Penn House
OBELISK, URNS AND SEAT APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF PENN HOUSE, PENN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277719
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk, Urns and Seat Approximately 100 Metres to South West of Penn House
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK, URNS AND SEAT APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF PENN HOUSE, PENN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1277719
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1991
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk, Urns and Seat Approximately 100 Metres to South West of Penn House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK, URNS AND SEAT APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF PENN HOUSE, PENN 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:
- OBELISK, URNS AND SEAT APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF PENN HOUSE, PENN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Penn
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 92346 94825
Details
The following items shall be added:-
PENN PENN STREET SU 99 SW (south side off)
3/80 Obelisk, urns and II seat approximately 1OO m to south-west of Penn House
Monument. Between 1733 and 1744; for Alexander Pope in memory of his mother; urns ascribed to William Kent. Ashlar; obelisk of stone slabs. The obelisk and 2 urns are set at the 3 points of a triangle, with a low stone curved bench on brick piers between the urns. The tall obelisk and urns each have a stepped base and a plinth with moulded base and cornice. The urns have a spiral pattern and conical finials.
Pope erected the monument at his house in Twickenham (Popes Villa) in memory of his mother who died in 1733. It was brought from Twickenham to its present location c1830.
M Mack, Alexander Pope (1985), p 548. R Strong, Lost Treasures of Britain, forthcoming.
Listing NGR: SU9234694825
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 430551
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Mack, M, Alexander Pope, (1985), 548
Strong, R, Lost Treasures of Britain, ()
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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