Colne Park Column 250 Metres North Of Colne Park (House) is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. Monument.

Colne Park Column 250 Metres North Of Colne Park (House)

WRENN ID
deep-solder-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 872 305 COLNE ENGAINE LAWSHALL'S HILL (east side)

3/19 Colne Park Column, 21.6.62 250 metres north of Colne Park (house)

  • II

Monument. 1791, by Sir John Soane for Philip Astle Hills. Limestone, with copper urn. Square plinth with cruciform spurs, moulded base, Ionic capital, copper urn with pineapple head. Inscription on S side of plinth 'Michaeli Roberto Hills Arm. Philippus Hills Observantiae Ergo P MDCCLXXXI'. Urn missing at time of survey, April 1986, but reported to have been blown down and under repair locally. 'Colne Engaine, The Story of an Essex Parish', 1975, 21, gives an illustration, states that the urn is riddled with bullet-holes, and quotes a contemporary account of its erection. Height 23 metres.

Listing NGR: TL8716530500

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