Memorial Urn Approximately 150 Metres South East Of Harcourt House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Monument.

Memorial Urn Approximately 150 Metres South East Of Harcourt House

WRENN ID: shifting-finial-wax
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Oxfordshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 17 October 1988
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

STANTON HARCOURT HARCOURT HOUSE SP4105 21/320 Memorial urn approx. 150M. SE of Harcourt House

GV II

Memorial. Late C18, for George Simon Harcourt. Limestone. Gadrooned vase-shaped urn with leaf-carving to neck; stands on tall pedestal with moulded plinth and entablature. Commemorates the poet William Whitehead, died 1785, with verse by "Mr. Mason", the poet-gardener whose memorial (q.v.) lies to the NE. The urn formerly stood under the "Whitehead Oak" at Nuneham Courtenay, whence it was moved after the Harcourts returned to Harcourt House (q.v.) in 1948.

Listing NGR: SP4171905593

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