Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/289 (East side)
25/03/70 Obelisk to Henry Bright
(Formerly Listed as:
PARADE
(East side)
Bright Obelisk)

GV II

Obelisk. Dated 1880. Sandstone base, with pinkish-grey granite
obelisk and plaque. Base square on plan with water bowl to
front and surmounted by pedestal and obelisk. 2 steps to
stepped and chamfered rusticated base. To front an water-bowl
(now filled in) on triangular bracket projects as semi-circle
and is set within semi-circular niche containing shell with
non-functioning fountain. Surmounting pedestal has 4 short,
square pillars to angles with recessed granite plaques
between, that to front carries inscription, that to rear
carries date. Frieze of stylized bay leaves splayed to support
projecting cornice, with stylized scroll and zig-zag motif,
stepped upwards as base of obelisk, itself in 4 sections.
Inscription reads 'ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO
RECORD THE SERVICES OF / ALDERMAN HENRY BRIGHT / TO WHOSE
UNTIRING EXERTIONS / THIS TOWN IS CHIEFLY INDEBTED / FOR ITS
SUPPLY OF / PURE WATER'.

Listing NGR: SP3182365732

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661545

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)