The Smith Monument On Abbey Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Isles of Scilly local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1975. Monument.
The Smith Monument On Abbey Hill
- WRENN ID
- upper-oriel-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isles of Scilly
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1975
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith Monument on Abbey Hill is a monument built in 1872. It is a rough granite rubble obelisk that stands about 15 feet high, set on a base that measures approximately 8 feet square. The monument features plaques dedicated to Augustus Smith, who died in 1872 and served as Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly for 39 years, and Thomas Algernon Dorrien Smith, who was Lord Proprietor from 1872 to 1918. One of the plaques reads: "He devoted his life unselfishly to those Islands and added greatly to their beauty."
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