The Congreve Monument is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Circa 1737 Monument.

The Congreve Monument

WRENN ID: blind-footing-woodpecker
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Type: Monument
Period: Circa 1737
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SP 6737 STOWE

9/81 STOWE SCHOOL The Congreve Monument

25.9.51 I

Circa 1737 perhaps by Kent. Small stone obelisk with a trophy of comic masks and surmounted by a monkey supposed to be holding a mirror. Erected by Lord Cobham as a memorial to his friend Congreve, the playwright. Stands on a small island in the Octagon Lake.

Listing NGR: SP6783637062

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