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Obelisk Approximately 150 Metres West of Welcombe Bank Farm

A Grade II Listed Building in Snitterfield, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2115 / 52°12'41"N

Longitude: -1.6949 / 1°41'41"W

OS Eastings: 420940

OS Northings: 257072

OS Grid: SP209570

Mapcode National: GBR 4LM.B9H

Mapcode Global: VHBXT.KPT1

Plus Code: 9C4W6864+H2

Entry Name: Obelisk Approximately 150 Metres West of Welcombe Bank Farm

Listing Date: 2 August 1972

Last Amended: 28 October 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1382134

English Heritage Legacy ID: 482500

ID on this website: 101382134

Location: Ingon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Snitterfield

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Hampton Lucy St Peter ad Vincula

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



HAMPTON LUCY

SP25NW INGON LANE, Welcombe
1457-1/9/75 (West side (off))
02/08/72 Obelisk approx. 150m west of
Welcombe Bank Farm
(Formerly Listed as:
WELCOMBE
Obelisk at Welcombe Bank)

GV II

Obelisk. Erected in 1876 to the memory of Mark Philips of
Welcombe. Limestone ashlar. 3 square steps to battered
pedestal supporting obelisk with pronounced taper. Pedestal
has Philips Arms to east; inscription to Mark Philips to west;
north and south faces have inscriptions to Robert Philips,
1760-1844, and Robert Needham Philips, 1815-90, Mark Philips's
father and brother.
Mark Philips, 1800-73, was an important politician, one of the
first pair of MPs for Manchester, 1832.
An important landmark in the Welcombe Hills and the
countryside between Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 467).


Listing NGR: SP2094057072

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