Obelisk At National Grid Reference So 7523 is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. A Georgian Obelisk. 1 related planning application.

Obelisk At National Grid Reference So 7523

WRENN ID: far-vestry-bone
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Country: England
Date first listed: 10 January 1986
Type: Obelisk
Period: Georgian
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SO 73 NE, 5/35

EASTNOR CP, EASTNOR PARK

Obelisk at NGR SO 7523 3783

II*

Obelisk. Erected in 1812, probably to the designs of Sir R Smirke, for 2nd Lord Somers. Ashlar. Square panelled base on a tooled plinth; stepped top over a plain band. Tapering shaft with pyramidal top. Inscribed panels on each side of the base; on the north side to the Honourable Edward Cocks who fell at Burgos, Spain in 1812 and in whose memory the obelisk was erected; on the east side to Lord Chancellor Somers, died 1806; on the south side to Ensign James Cocks, died 1758.

Listing NGR: SO7523237827

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