Description

TR 03 SW
6/72
27.11.57

BILSINGTON
NEWCHURCH ROAD
(west side)
The Cosway Monument

II

Obelisk. Erected 1835 by George Cooper. Ashlar. Simple, tall obelisk
on pedestal. The north side bears a tablet inscribed: As a tribute
of respect to the memory of Sir William Richard Cosway. Kt. this monument
was erected by his friends and the reformers of East Kent in the year
1835. G. Cooper fecit Canterbury. Cosway was killed here in a
coaching accident. The obelisk was lightning damaged and the upper
sections weathered at time of survey.

Listing NGR: TR0392734285

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480138

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings