The Leicester Monument

The Leicester Monument is a Grade I listed column located in Holkham Park. It was erected between 1845 and 1848 as a tribute to Coke of Norfolk, an agricultural improver, and was designed by W J Donthron with funding from public subscription. The monument features a single fluted Corinthian column that stands on a large stone plinth. The plinth has bas-relief panels created by John Henning Junior on three of its faces, while the fourth face includes a dedicatory inscription and Donthron's signature.

At each corner of the base, there are symbols representing Coke's agricultural methods: a Devon ox, a Southdown sheep, a plough, and a seed drill. The column's capital is adorned with mangle wurzel and turnip leaves instead of the traditional acanthus. At the top, a lantern is pierced on four sides and is crowned with a wheatsheaf. The stone used for the monument was donated by Lord Hastings from his quarries at Seaton Delaval.