Commemorative Column At Tl 526 389, North East Of Audley End House is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. A C18 Monument.
Commemorative Column At Tl 526 389, North East Of Audley End House
- WRENN ID
- far-hall-autumn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1951
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SAFFRON WALDEN
TL53NW AUDLEY PARK, Audley End 669-1/3/331 Commemorative column at TL 526 389, 28/11/51 north-east of Audley End House (Formerly Listed as: AUDLEY END Obelisk in the Deer Park)
GV II*
Tall commemorative column, approx 17m high. Erected in 1774 by Sir John Griffin Griffin and said to have been designed by Robert Adam in 1763 for Capability Brown's newly landscaped park. Fine limestone Tuscan column on a tall oolitic limestone rectangular base, surmounted by an egg-shaped, lidded urn with gadrooned body. NE face of base carries inscription on a large marble plaque (now badly weathered) recording its erection in gratitude to Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth by her heir and nephew.
Listing NGR: TL5267138944
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