Obelisk Monument, Middle Enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2011. A C18 Monument.
Obelisk Monument, Middle Enclosure
- WRENN ID
- moated-quoin-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2011
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
635-1/0/10223 BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND 21-FEB-11 Obelisk monument, Middle enclosure
GV II Obelisk monument, late C18 or early C19
LOCATION: 532675.7, 182255.4
MATERIALS: Portland stone
DESCRIPTION: The monument takes the form of a squat obelisk with a square base, resting upon four stone balls with a rectangular panel attached on one side. Below is a square pedestal with a moulded cap and sunken side panels, one of which bears an armorial achievement (a chevron with three stags) carved in low relief. No inscription is now visible.
SOURCES: Corporation of London, A History of the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground (1902). A W Light, Bunhill Fields (London, 1915).
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The monument is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is an impressive example of a late-Georgian funeral monument of a complex and sophisticated Classical design. * It is located within the Grade I registered Bunhill Fields Burial Ground (q.v.), and has group value with the other listed tombs in the middle enclosure.
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