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Latitude: 50.948 / 50°56'52"N
Longitude: -3.2293 / 3°13'45"W
OS Eastings: 313738
OS Northings: 117229
OS Grid: ST137172
Mapcode National: GBR LV.NKPX
Mapcode Global: FRA 463L.ZNP
Plus Code: 9C2RWQXC+67
Entry Name: Wellington Monument
Listing Date: 25 January 1956
Last Amended: 7 August 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1060281
English Heritage Legacy ID: 271122
Also known as: Wellington Monument, Somerset
ID on this website: 101060281
Location: Somerset, TA21
County: Somerset
District: Somerset West and Taunton
Civil Parish: Wellington Without
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Wellington St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells
Tagged with: Architectural structure Obelisk
ST11NW WELLINGTON WITHOUT CP
8/188 Wellington Monument
25.1.56
II*
Monument to the Duke of Wellington. Begun 1817-18 to a design by Thomas Lee, recommended after Duke's death in 1852 and
completed as an obelisk, by H E Goodridge; 1890 restored and heightened another 1.5 m. Local stone. Plan: obelisk on
triangular splayed base with end pilasters. Coved dentil cornice to base, tall unmarked doorway to stair with Egyptian
winged panel above, good studded iron door with lattice work ventilation grill above, obelisk with steeply pointed top
and circular windows. Interior not seen, a flight of 365 steps is said to rise to the viewing platform at the apex. It
is 53.34 m in height. The original design was for a column surmounted by a cast iron statue of the Duke with sculptured
figures of an English, Irish and Scottish veteran on the plinth; cannons captured at Waterloo were intended to surround
the whole. This plan was abandoned because of the expense. (Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects,
1978).
Listing NGR: ST1373817229
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