Horse Monument In Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185 is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Monument.
Horse Monument In Morkery Woods, Grid Reference 955185
- WRENN ID
- waning-remnant-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CASTLE BYTHAM MORKERY LANE SK 91 NE
8/66 Horse Monument in Morkery Woods, Grid Ref.955185
II
Monument to a horse called The Butcher, belonging to Field Marshall Grosvenor c.1850. Ashlar. In the form of a low obelisk standing on a rectangular tomb chest on the front panel of which is a low relief carving of a horse with a docked tail and a tree. On the rear panel is a poem, 8 lines, recording the circumstances of old Butcher lying in Morkery Wood, now somewhat worn. A portrait of "Big Black Butcher" by John Fernley, hangs in Grimsthorpe Castle. Source: P. Grimes, Secretary and General Manager, Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust Ltd.
Listing NGR: SK9553418569
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