Obelisk To Baron Southampton In South West Corner Of St James Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Monument. 3 related planning applications.

Obelisk To Baron Southampton In South West Corner Of St James Gardens

WRENN ID: half-belfry-bramble
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Camden
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 January 1999
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CAMDEN

TQ2982NW HAMPSTEAD ROAD 798-1/88/1743 Obelisk to Baron Southampton in SW corner of St James' Gardens

GV II

Obelisk. Thought to be to Charles Fitzroy, first Baron Southampton, and his wife Anne, nee Warren (d.1797 and 1810). Stone. Rectangular plinth with tapering shaft, upper part broken. Armorial relief of 2 birds flanking a shield, above which is a coronet. Monument resembles the listed Way tomb (d.1804) at Acton by John Bacon junior, who may have done this too. The Southampton family had extensive landholdings in the south-west part of the present borough of Camden.

Listing NGR: TQ2927182671

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