Mounting Block And Obelisk 16 Metres North East Of Brentwood School Main Block is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1994. Monument.
Mounting Block And Obelisk 16 Metres North East Of Brentwood School Main Block
- WRENN ID
- first-jade-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brentwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1994
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRENTWOOD
TQ5993 INGRAVE ROAD 723-1/12/87 (North East side) Mounting block and obelisk 16 metres north-east of Brentwood School main block
GV II
Shown on OS map as Monument. Mounting block and obelisk. C18/early C19. Limestone and yellow brick. 3 stone steps to NW and SE rise to a square platform, partly of stone, partly of render on yellow brick, on which is a plain square base of stone, on which are 4 square stone blocks supporting a stone obelisk. Below the platform is a semicircular vault, blocked near each end with red brick in stretcher bond. On the point of the obelisk is a black spread eagle on a ball, of cast-iron. The right to use this device from the arms of Sicily was granted in 1511 by King Ferdinand of Aragon to Wystan Browne, father of Sir Antony Browne, founder of Brentwood School. (Lewis RR: The History of Brentwood School: 1981-: XXIII).
Listing NGR: TQ5986893777
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