Farnborough Hall The Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1967. Obelisk.

Farnborough Hall The Obelisk

WRENN ID: quiet-cellar-swallow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Stratford-on-Avon
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 May 1967
Type: Obelisk
Source: Historic England listing

Description

FARNBOROUGH SP44NW 9/12 Farnborough Hall: The Obelisk 30/05/67 (Formerly listed as Obelisk)

GV II

Obelisk. c.1746; dated 1751 and 'Rebuilt 1823'. Possibly designed by Sanderson Miller for William Holbech. Limestone ashlar. Tall and very slender. High pedestal with moulded stepped base and cornice. Forms the focal point of the end of the Terrace Walk, probably by Miller, a major example of C18 landscape design. (G. Jackson-Stops: Farnborough Hall: National Trust Guidebook 1984. Gordon Nares: Farnborough Hall: Country Life it and 18 February 1954. Buildings of England: Warwickshire p.293).

Listing NGR: SP4304848670

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