Monument To Duke Of Beaufort, Circa 100 Metres North East Of Dower House

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ST 67 NW STOKE GIFFORD STOKE PARK

4/18 Monument to a race horse, 100 metres North East of Dower GV House II

the address shall be amended to read STOKE PARK Monument to Duke of Beaufort, c100 metres North East of Dower House II

and the description shall be amended to read

Monument to 4th Duke of Beaufort, d1756; the monument in situ by 1764; designer Thomas Wright. Limestone ashlar. Rectangular plinth with diagonal 'buttresses' carrying four rusticated 'rocks' which in turn support a rectangular sarcophagus with diagonal 'buttresses'; plinth has moulded offset base course and broad capping. The sarcophagus has a 3-part architrave carrying a frieze with a series of triglyphs, in which the glyphs are raised rather than incised, and a deep cavetto cornice. The frieze has a carved legend reading: FRATERNI DIGNUS AMORIS (Worthy of Brotherly Love). The monument, recently (1987) repaired and re-erected by the Avon Gardens Trust, was for long thought to commemorate a race horse. (Saving the Wizard's Landscape: Country Life; 14-4-88. Stewart Harding and David Lambert).

ST 67 NW STOKE GIFFORD STOKE PARK

4/18 Monument to a racehorse, 100 metres north east of Dower House G.V. II

Monument. Early C19. Ashlar. A buttressed, solid table with moulded plinth and slab; 4 freestanding rock faced blocks on the slab support, a sarcophagus of similar shape which is decorated as a partial entablature with moulded architrave, triglyphs in the frieze and a cavetto cornice, the whole surmounted by rock-faced stones. Fading legend on frieze reads FRATERNI ---NVS A-ORIS. Commemorates a winner of the St. Leger. (D. Verey, Buildings of England : Gloucestershire, The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1970).

Listing NGR: ST6212877368