Huntsman'S Obelisk And Railed Enclosure Approximately 30 Metres North East Of Church Of Saint Helen is a Grade II listed building in the North East Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Monument.
Huntsman'S Obelisk And Railed Enclosure Approximately 30 Metres North East Of Church Of Saint Helen
- WRENN ID
- seventh-flue-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TA 20 SW BARNOLDBY LE BECK CHAPEL LANE (east side)
6/7 Huntsman's Obelisk and railed enclosure approximately 30 metres north-east of Church of Saint Helen GV II
Monument in railed enclosure, erected 1861 to William Smith. Granite obelisk with chamfered marble pedestal bearing two inscribed plaques; chamfered granite plinth and base. Stands in square enclosure with flagstone floor and cast iron railings with ornate corner posts, plain bars, mid- and top-rails, the latter much damaged. Enclosure approximately 4 metres square, obelisk stands approximately 4 metres high. One plaque records that the monument was erected to mark the spot where Smith, Huntsman to the Earl of Yarborough, fell from his horse on 11th April 1845, eventually dying on April 16th at the house of Richard Nainby who provided the site for the memorial in 1861. The second plaque contains an impressive 22-line ode to Smith by CHJA. M J Critchlow, The Barnoldby Booklet, 1985, p 32.
Listing NGR: TA2358303344
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