Obelisk About 70 Metres South of Dillington House
OBELISK ABOUT 70 METRES SOUTH OF DILLINGTON HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308088
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk About 70 Metres South of Dillington House
- Statutory Address:
- OBELISK ABOUT 70 METRES SOUTH OF DILLINGTON HOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1308088
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Obelisk About 70 Metres South of Dillington House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OBELISK ABOUT 70 METRES SOUTH OF DILLINGTON HOUSE
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 70 METRES SOUTH OF DILLINGTON HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Whitelackington
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 36786 15459
Details
WHITELACKINGTON CP ST3615 DILLINGTON PARK
7/125 Obelisk, about 70 metres south of Dillington House -
GV II
Commemorative obelisk. Probably of circa 1840. Ham stone. Step base; moulded plinth, rectangular plan plain pedestal, the long faces recessed slightly towards corners, with carvings in these recesses; pedestal about one metre high, the obelisk another 2.5 metres high, having coat of arms carved on longer faces. Actual purpose unknown, but probably intended as a landscape feature for Dillington House (q.v.).
Listing NGR: ST3678615459
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 264048
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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