Monument To Lord George Bentinck, 30 Metres North Of Bentinck Lodge

SK 57 SE 8/127

NORTON CARBURTON ROAD (North side) Monument to Lord George Bentinck, 30 metres north of Bentinck Lodge

G.V. II

Monument, walls, troughs and step. 1912. Ashlar and lead. Square ashlar column, set in a semi-circular paved surround marked with regular striae, coped and set on a plinth with lead tablet mounted onto the front, decorated on the crown with a sculptured head and on the apron with a lion's head which feeds water to the trough below. The insignia on the tablet reads "To the memory of Lord George Bentinck M.P. for Kings Lynn, third son of the fourth Duke of Portland who died suddenly near this spot on the 21st September 1848 in his 47th year. This monument is raised by his kinsman William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland K.G. A.D. 1912 'Born a natural leader of the people he was equal to the post free from prejudices his large mind sympathised with all classes of the realm his courage and constancy were never surpassed by man he valued life only as a means of fulfilling duty'. Disraeli." Above the lead tablet is an ashlar shield with coat of arms. On either side of the column are raised ashlar plaques inscribed "truth" on the left and "courage" on the right. The column is topped with a decorated ashlar urn. Flanking the base are a single stone trough to the left and a single stone step to the right. Either side is a single curved ashlar wall, topped where they terminate in single sections of shaped ashlar coping.

Listing NGR: SK5834172018