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Latitude: 50.1005 / 50°6'1"N
Longitude: -5.2777 / 5°16'39"W
OS Eastings: 165699
OS Northings: 27410
OS Grid: SW656274
Mapcode National: GBR Z1.0W3Z
Mapcode Global: VH133.GQRV
Plus Code: 9C2P4P2C+5W
Entry Name: Monument to H M Grylls
Listing Date: 22 May 1972
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1196470
English Heritage Legacy ID: 385548
Also known as: Grylls Monument
ID on this website: 101196470
Location: Helston, Cornwall, TR13
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Helston
Built-Up Area: Helston
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Helston
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Monument
HELSTON
SW6427 MONUMENT ROAD
631-1/4/196 (West side)
22/05/72 Monument to H M Grylls
GV II*
Memorial gateway giving access to bowling green on site of
former castle. 1834. By George Wightwick. By public
subscription to Humphry Millet Grylls. Granite ashlar with
plinth, weathered buttresses, strings and other details
including embattled parapet between tall crocketed pinnacles
over buttresses flanking doorway; angle buttresses with
gablets, all with turned finials. Rectangular plan. Gothic
style. Front and rear elevations identical; central 4-centred
arched doorway with sunk panels to spandrels; inscribed panel
with trefoil end above; flanking bays with tall trefoil-headed
niches and quatrefoils above; lower cornice enriched with
Tudor roses, parapet cornice over trefoil frieze. A
distinguished design, providing a visually prominent stop to
Coinagehall Street.
(Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 890).
Listing NGR: SW6569927410
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