Wellington Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Rushmoor local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1973. Monument.

Wellington Monument

WRENN ID: stark-landing-crag
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Rushmoor
Country: England
Date first listed: 29 March 1973
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CLAYCART ROAD 1. 5238 Aldershot Wellington Monument SU 85 SE 2/17 29.3.73 II 2. Bronze equestrian statue of 1846, by Matthew Coates Wyatt, originally placed on the top of Decimus Burton's triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner (London); removed to the present site 1885. The figure of the Duke of Wellington is seated on the standing horse, with his right arm outstretched holding a baton. The horse's head projects forward. The stone base is rectangular, with a simple plinth moulding, and a wider white stone platform at ground level. Surrounding the monument are 16 guns, vertically arranged as an oval, the exposed muzzles having metal caps to which are attached a continuous chain.

Listing NGR: SU8497151837

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