Description

TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN

SP17SW OBELISK FARM LANE
652-1/2/139 (South side (off))
05/04/67 Obelisk at Umberslade Park

GV II

Obelisk. 1749. Erected for first Lord Archer. Limestone
ashlar. Stepped square plinth with moulded cornice; tall
square-section obelisk surmounted by ball finial and metal
spike which formerly held a star.
Built as an eye-catcher for Umberslade Hall (qv).
Forms a group with Obelisk Farmhouse (qv).
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A:
Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-1990: 438).

Listing NGR: SP1454271601

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Obelisk At Umberslade Park at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26662463

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)