Memorial to the 15TH Earl of Shrewsbury
MEMORIAL TO THE 15TH EARL OF SHREWSBURY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1374741
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to the 15TH Earl of Shrewsbury
- Statutory Address:
- MEMORIAL TO THE 15TH EARL OF SHREWSBURY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1374741
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Memorial to the 15TH Earl of Shrewsbury
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEMORIAL TO THE 15TH EARL OF SHREWSBURY
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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:
- MEMORIAL TO THE 15TH EARL OF SHREWSBURY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Farley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 07408 43297
Details
SK 0643-0743 FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK
12/98 Memorial to the 15th Earl 3/1/67 of Shrewsbury GV II*
Memorial. Circa 1830. Ashlar and cast iron. Square rusticated pedestal with stepped plinth and oversailing cap; surmounted by a circular base inscribed "HE MADE THE DESERT SMILE": 6 Corinthian columns define a cylindrical space containing a pedestalled bust of the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, and supporting an entablature and oversailing dome with fish- scale decoration, scrolls and a central foliated crest. The memorial is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens (334 B.C.). This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register.B.o.E., p. 58.
Listing NGR: SK0740843297
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275093
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 58
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 38 Staffordshire,
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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