We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 53.2243 / 53°13'27"N
Longitude: -2.6025 / 2°36'9"W
OS Eastings: 359871
OS Northings: 369868
OS Grid: SJ598698
Mapcode National: GBR 7P.0Y1V
Mapcode Global: WH99H.Z6WZ
Plus Code: 9C5V69FW+PX
Entry Name: Memorial to Bluecap in the Yard of the Cheshire Hunt Kennels
Listing Date: 18 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1287520
English Heritage Legacy ID: 402173
ID on this website: 101287520
Location: Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CW8
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Cuddington (Weaver and Cuddington Ward)
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Sandiway St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Memorial
SJ 56 NE
5/23
CUDDINGTON C.P.
KENNEL LANE (West side)
Memorial to Bluecap in the yard of the Cheshire Hunt Kennels
GV
II
Obelisk: erected 1772 but moved here from Forest Hill c1959. Ashlar
buff and pink sandstone. The square base is surrounded by a low wall
carrying stout plain bar iron railings. On the base is a plain square
pier with moulded plinth and cornice carrying an obelisk. The north
face of the pier has a brass plaque reading :
To the Memory of old Bluecap a Fox Hound the late
Property of the Hon. John Smith Barry
This obelisk Reader is a Monument rais'd
To a shade, tho' a Hound, that deserves to be prais'd
For if Life's but a Stage where on each act a Part
And true greatness a Form, that's deriv'd from the Heart
If Fame, Honour and Glory depend on the Deed
Then O Bluecap, rare Bluecap, well boast of thy Breed
if no Tear, yet a Glass, will we pour on the Brute
So high fam'd as he was in the glorious Pursuit
But no more of this Theme, since the Life's but a Race
And Bluecap but gone to the Death of the CHACE
in good copperplate script.
Bluecap was a famous foxhound of the Tarporley Hunt Club who won a
challenge race for 500 guineas on Newmarket Heath in 1763.
Listing NGR: SJ5987169868
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
