Rolle Obelisk Including Surrounding Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. Monument.

Rolle Obelisk Including Surrounding Area Railings

WRENN ID: rusted-cobalt-claret
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Devon
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 November 1952
Type: Monument
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BICTON BICTON PARK SY 08 NE 3/22 Rolle Obelisk including - surrounding area railings 11.ll.52 GV II Obelisk. Limestone ashlar; cast iron railings on granite kerb. C18 (1730 according to Hoskins). Tall stone needle on a large square-section pedestal with soffit-moulded cap and moulded plinth. It is fenced in by spear-headed iron railings with more ornate clustered-shaft corner posts. The obelisk is uninscribed and apparently built simply as a landscape feature. Its situation dominates the horizon from the Orangery (q.v.) and Italianate Gardens (q.v.). Source: W G Hoskins, Devon, (1954) p.335

Listing NGR: SY0703685423

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