Description

SX 16 NW BOCONNOC BOCONNOC PARK

6/15 Obelisk and 2 piers 70 yards to north east, 1 mile to north- 27/8/52 east of Boconnoc House - II

Obelisk and 2 piers to north-east. Obelisk, 1771, for Thomas Pitt, 1st Lord of Camelford. Inscription 'In gratitude and affection to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttleton and to perpetuate that peculiar character of benevolence which rendered him the delight of his own age and worthy the veneration of posterity MDCCLXXI' Ashlar granite blocks with inscribed slate tablets on the north-east face. 123 feet in height. Tall square plinth with cyma reversa and ovolo moulded tall base. Obelisk, square in plan and slightly tapered. Surmounted by pyramidal cap. Stands on grassed square battery. 70 years to north-east are 2 classical shrines which frame the vista when the obelisk is approached along the mile long straight drive from the north-east. Circa 1771 or slightly later. Rusticated ashlar granite and pedimented. Comprising 2 rectangular piers each decorated on north-east and south-west faces with blind round arches with Gibbs surrounds below pediments with recessed tympanii.

Listing NGR: SX1463360557

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