Hoy'S Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. Monument.
Hoy'S Monument
- WRENN ID
- steep-chancel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GODSHILL
SZ457NE ST CATHERINE'S DOWN 1353-0/5/192 Hoy's Monument 18/01/67 (Formerly Listed as: CHALE Hoy's Mmonument)
II
Monument. 1814 with further tablet added in 1857. Comprizes a large tapering tooled ashlar Tuscan column surmounted by a cornice and large ball finial on large tooled ashlar plinth with moulded cornice and base. On one side of the plinth is the inscription "In commemoration of the visit of His Majesty Alexander I Emperor of all the Russias to Great Britain in 1814. In remembrance of many happy years residence in his dominions this pillar was erected by Michael Hoy. (He was the owner of the Hermitage, of which only the stables remain from this period). On the opposite side is the inscription "This tablet was erected by William Henry Dawes Late Lieutenant of HM 22nd Regiment in honour of those brave men of the allied armies who fell on the Alma and at the siege of Sebastepol AD 1857. A prominent land and sea mark.
Listing NGR: SZ4959778800
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