Monument Approximately 30 Metres West Of Berry Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Monument.
Monument Approximately 30 Metres West Of Berry Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- proud-truss-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1993
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIXHAM
SX95NW BERRY HEAD ROAD, Berry Head 1946-1/2/21 (North side) Monument approx. 30m west of Berry Head Hotel
GV II
Monument. Between 1834-47. Devonian limestone ashlar. Square pedestal with chamfered plinth, panelled sides and flat projecting cap. Panel on north side incised with inscription TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD. The monument stands in the front garden of Berry Head House (now the Berry Head Hotel (qv)), which was occupied by the Rev HF Lyte, author of the hymn 'Abide with Me', between 1834 and 1847. Gregory says that Lyte erected the monument: 'whilst engaged in levelling a mound of earth for gardening purposes (he) came across a quantity of human bones, which were at once covered up, and commemorated as just stated'. The monument, or a structure in approximately the same position, seems to be shown on the Brixham tithe map of 1838. (Gregory C: Brixham in Devonia: Totnes: 1896-: 78; 1838-: BRIXHAM TITHE MAP).
Listing NGR: SX9381756724
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