Monument To John Wilkinson Approximately 17 Metres North Of Junction With Dixon Wood Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Monument.
Monument To John Wilkinson Approximately 17 Metres North Of Junction With Dixon Wood Close
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-loggia-tallow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
UPPER ALLITHWAITE B5277 SD 48 SW Lindale 11/115 Monument to John Wilkinson approx. 25.3.70 17m north of junction with Dixon Wood Close
II*
Monument. 1808. Cast iron painted black with some gilding. Square base, bolted to stone steps, has inscription: "LABORE ET HONORE" in raised gilded letters. Plain plinth has memorial inscription, the letters to 1st 2 words: "HERE LIES" removed. Obelisk has round plaque with gilded relief profile bust of Wilkinson above inscription, and top ball and lightning conductor. Plaques to rear (north) face record the monument's later history. The monument was erected on Wilkinson's grave in the garden of his house Castlehead. Removed when body re-interred in Lindale churchyard and re-erected in present position in 1863. Restored in 1984.
Listing NGR: SD4184280331
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