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Latitude: 52.0279 / 52°1'40"N
Longitude: 0.2239 / 0°13'26"E
OS Eastings: 552671
OS Northings: 238944
OS Grid: TL526389
Mapcode National: GBR MBW.X09
Mapcode Global: VHHL3.T9R7
Plus Code: 9F4226HF+5H
Entry Name: Commemorative Column at TL 526 389, North East of Audley End House
Listing Date: 28 November 1951
Last Amended: 31 October 1994
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1196117
English Heritage Legacy ID: 370385
Also known as: Lady Portsmouth's Column (Obelisk), Audley End
ID on this website: 101196117
Location: Northend, Uttlesford, Essex, CB11
County: Essex
District: Uttlesford
Civil Parish: Saffron Walden
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SAFFRON WALDEN
TL53NW AUDLEY PARK, Audley End
669-1/3/331 Commemorative column at TL 526 389,
28/11/51 north-east of Audley End House
(Formerly Listed as:
AUDLEY END
Obelisk in the Deer Park)
GV II*
Tall commemorative column, approx 17m high. Erected in 1774 by
Sir John Griffin Griffin and said to have been designed by
Robert Adam in 1763 for Capability Brown's newly landscaped
park. Fine limestone Tuscan column on a tall oolitic limestone
rectangular base, surmounted by an egg-shaped, lidded urn with
gadrooned body. NE face of base carries inscription on a large
marble plaque (now badly weathered) recording its erection in
gratitude to Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth by her heir and
nephew.
Listing NGR: TL5267138944
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