Monument To The Continental is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1987. Monument.

Monument To The Continental

WRENN ID
shadowed-tin-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tewkesbury
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1987
Type
Monument
Address
Monument To The Continental, Shurdington
OS grid reference
SO 944 189
Coordinates
51.86894, -2.0819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to the horse Continental, dated 1902, is made of large blocks of roughly squared and dressed stone arranged to form a rough pyramid. It was formerly enclosed by an iron railing. The inscription reads: 'To THE MEMORY OF / THE CONTINENTAL / -------Y. -------D FAIR HAVEN /. FOALED 1891 DIED 1902 / AND THE FAVORITE HORSE / OF CECIL ELWES / BY WHOM THESE THINGS WERE WRITTEN'.

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