Stone And Plaque About 200 Yards West-North-West Of Belmont House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. Plaque.

Stone And Plaque About 200 Yards West-North-West Of Belmont House

WRENN ID: steep-spindle-yarrow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Country: England
Date first listed: 22 October 1986
Type: Plaque
Source: Historic England listing

Description

A sandstone rock with inset metal plaque which was manufactured and set in place in 1813. The boulder has been left in its raw state to the majority of its surface, but a recessed rectangular panel has been carved in the eastern face to receive a cast iron plaque, which bears the following wording in raised lettering:

THE ACORN FROM WHICH / THIS OAK SPRANG / WAS SOWN AT / FOXLEY / AD / 1773 / THE SAPLING WAS PLANTED AT / BELMONT / BY / JOHN MATTHEWS ESQ / AD / 1788 / IT MEASURED FIVE FEET / SIX INCHES / IN / CIRCUMFERENCE / AD / 1813.

There is now no oak tree standing near to the boulder and plaque, but there are two headstones for dog graves c. 5 metres to the north.

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