Elba Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Monument.
Elba Monument
- WRENN ID
- lost-vault-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elba Monument is a structure erected in 1814 by James Bateman of Tolson Hall. It is made of roughly squared and coursed limestone, set on a two-stage plinth with ashlar dressings. Originally, a plaque was intended to be placed on the monument, which would have read: "In honour of William Pitt the Pilot that weathered the storm" Elba. However, due to Napoleon's escape from Elba, this inscription was never engraved. A century later, in 1914, a tablet was placed here by Charles Cropper of Ellergreen. The monument is located on a mound known as Monument Hill, northwest of Kendal, and it holds landscape value.
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