Description

HAWKESBURY C.P. HAWKESBURY UPTON
ST 78 NE
4/126 Monument to Lord
Robert Edward Somerset

G.V. II*

Monument. 1846 by Lewis Vulliamy. Ashlar. Slightly tapering square tower
approximately 100 feet high. Shallow panelled sides, armorial bearings borne
on south-west side. The platform is supported by stone brackets and has a
portcullis (for Beaufort) and chain railing around. Open top with 2 semi-
circular headed lights to each side and impost band; modillioned cornice and
elaborate strapwork, with the effect of Chinese style, which is
surmounted by a cross on an orb. Entrance on north-east side, door case with
pediment. The tower stands on a plinth which is surrounded by low coped walls.
Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset was a general at Waterloo and died in 1842.

Listing NGR: ST7722787649

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Monument to Lord Robert Edward Somerset at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17557000

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