Obelisk at Umberslade Park

OBELISK AT UMBERSLADE PARK, OBELISK FARM LANE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1382419
Date first listed:
05-Apr-1967
Statutory Address:
OBELISK AT UMBERSLADE PARK, OBELISK FARM LANE
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Date:
2004-08-31
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1382419
Date first listed:
05-Apr-1967
Statutory Address 1:
OBELISK AT UMBERSLADE PARK, OBELISK FARM LANE

Location

Statutory Address:
OBELISK AT UMBERSLADE PARK, OBELISK FARM LANE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Warwickshire
District:
Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
Parish:
Tanworth-in-Arden
National Grid Reference:
SP 14542 71601

Details

TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN

SP17SW OBELISK FARM LANE
652-1/2/139 (South side (off))
05/04/67 Obelisk at Umberslade Park

GV II

Obelisk. 1749. Erected for first Lord Archer. Limestone
ashlar. Stepped square plinth with moulded cornice; tall
square-section obelisk surmounted by ball finial and metal
spike which formerly held a star.
Built as an eye-catcher for Umberslade Hall (qv).
Forms a group with Obelisk Farmhouse (qv).
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A:
Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-1990: 438).


Listing NGR: SP1454271601

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
482803
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

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Pevsner, N, Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, (1966), 438

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