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Latitude: 51.7561 / 51°45'21"N
Longitude: -1.1579 / 1°9'28"W
OS Eastings: 458221
OS Northings: 206714
OS Grid: SP582067
Mapcode National: GBR 8Z2.VFC
Mapcode Global: VHCXW.W473
Plus Code: 9C3WQR4R+CR
Entry Name: The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres to West of Shotover Park
Listing Date: 18 July 1963
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1181640
English Heritage Legacy ID: 246610
ID on this website: 101181640
Location: South Oxfordshire, OX33
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Forest Hill with Shotover
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Tagged with: Obelisk
FOREST HILL WITH SHOTOVER SHOTOVER
SP50NE
5/90 The Obelisk approx. 200m. to
18/07/63 W of Shotover Park
GV II*
Obelisk. c.1735. By William Kent for General James Tyrrell. Limestone ashlar.
Square tapering shaft on a pedestal with moulded base and cornice; around the
base of the shaft is a band carved with a wave motif and on the top is a spiked
metal ball. The obelisk lies on the main axis of the house and forms a focal
point in the important early C18 formal layout of the garden. The design of the
obelisk may be an adaptation of Kent's proposal.
(C.Hussey, Country Life, Vol. LIX, pp.240-246; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V,
p.276; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.765).
Listing NGR: SP5822106714
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