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
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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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429919

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)