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Latitude: 52.1347 / 52°8'4"N
Longitude: -1.3724 / 1°22'20"W
OS Eastings: 443050
OS Northings: 248669
OS Grid: SP430486
Mapcode National: GBR 7S0.1V0
Mapcode Global: VHCVV.5L9Y
Plus Code: 9C4W4JMH+V2
Entry Name: Farnborough Hall the Obelisk
Listing Date: 30 May 1967
Last Amended: 21 April 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1355432
English Heritage Legacy ID: 305587
ID on this website: 101355432
Location: Farnborough Park, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, OX17
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Farnborough
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Farnborough St Botolph
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Obelisk
FARNBOROUGH
SP44NW
9/12 Farnborough Hall: The Obelisk
30/05/67 (Formerly listed as Obelisk)
GV II
Obelisk. c.1746; dated 1751 and 'Rebuilt 1823'. Possibly designed by Sanderson
Miller for William Holbech. Limestone ashlar. Tall and very slender. High
pedestal with moulded stepped base and cornice. Forms the focal point of the end
of the Terrace Walk, probably by Miller, a major example of C18 landscape
design.
(G. Jackson-Stops: Farnborough Hall: National Trust Guidebook 1984. Gordon
Nares: Farnborough Hall: Country Life it and 18 February 1954. Buildings of
England: Warwickshire p.293).
Listing NGR: SP4304848670
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