Hoy'S Monument

Hoy's Monument is a memorial built in 1814, with an additional tablet added in 1857. It features a large tapering Tuscan column made of tooled ashlar stone, topped with a cornice and a large ball finial. The column stands on a substantial tooled ashlar plinth that has a moulded cornice and base. One side of the plinth bears the inscription commemorating the visit of His Majesty Alexander I, Emperor of all the Russias, to Great Britain in 1814. It states that the pillar was erected by Michael Hoy in remembrance of his many happy years in his dominions. Michael Hoy was the owner of the Hermitage, of which only the stables remain from that time. The opposite side of the plinth features an inscription dedicated to the brave men of the allied armies who fell at the Battle of Alma and during the siege of Sebastopol in 1857, erected by William Henry Dawes, a former Lieutenant of HM 22nd Regiment. The monument serves as a prominent landmark for both land and sea.