The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres To West Of Shotover Park is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Obelisk.
The Obelisk Approximately 200 Metres To West Of Shotover Park
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-flint-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Obelisk
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FOREST HILL WITH SHOTOVER SHOTOVER SP50NE 5/90 The Obelisk approx. 200m. to 18/07/63 W of Shotover Park
GV II*
Obelisk. c.1735. By William Kent for General James Tyrrell. Limestone ashlar. Square tapering shaft on a pedestal with moulded base and cornice; around the base of the shaft is a band carved with a wave motif and on the top is a spiked metal ball. The obelisk lies on the main axis of the house and forms a focal point in the important early C18 formal layout of the garden. The design of the obelisk may be an adaptation of Kent's proposal. (C.Hussey, Country Life, Vol. LIX, pp.240-246; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.276; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.765).
Listing NGR: SP5822106714
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