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Latitude: 54.6537 / 54°39'13"N
Longitude: -2.7049 / 2°42'17"W
OS Eastings: 354616
OS Northings: 528959
OS Grid: NY546289
Mapcode National: GBR 9GKM.6K
Mapcode Global: WH81C.F958
Plus Code: 9C6VM73W+F2
Entry Name: Countess's Pillar
Listing Date: 6 February 1968
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1326777
English Heritage Legacy ID: 74213
ID on this website: 101326777
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, CA10
County: Cumbria
District: Eden
Civil Parish: Brougham
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Clifton St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
NY 52 NW BROUGHAM BROUGHAM
9/10 Countess's Pillar
6.2.68
GV II*
Monument/sundial, scheduled A.M. Dated 1656 with C20 restoration. Dressed pink
sandstone partly painted. Octagonal column on chamfered base with moulded cap
and cuboid block under shaped finial. The block has sundials on 3 faces with
metal gnomons and painted faces; the front with Clifford arms and the misleading
date 1654. The rear sundial has an inscribed plate: THIS PILLAR WAS ERECTED
ANNO 1656 BY YE HON'BLE ANNE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE AND DAUGHTER AND SOLE
HEIRE OF YE RT HONO'BLE GEORGE EARL OF CUMBERLAND AND FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER LAST
PARTING IN THIS PLACE WITH HER GOOD AND PIOUS MOTHER YE RT HONO'BLE MARGARET
COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CUMBERLAND YE 3RD OF APRIL 1616. IN MEMORY WHEREOF SHE ALSO
LEFT AN ANNUITY OF FOUR POUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO YE POOR WITHIN THIS PARISH
OF BROUGHAM EVERY 2ND DAY OF APRIL FOR EVER UPON YE STONE TABLE HERE HARD BY.
Set on a flagged base with C20 railings around it. Nearby is the alms table
listed separately. Restored at the cost of £3,000 by English Heritage in time
for the distribution of alms on 2 April 1986. See RCHM, Westmorland, 1936,
p.62.
Listing NGR: NY5461628959
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