Captain Cook Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1989. Monument.
Captain Cook Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tired-column-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1989
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GREAT AYTON BRIDGE STREET NZ 5510 (east side, south end) 11/34 Captain Cook Memorial
GV II Obelisk erected 1934. Rusticated granite low obelisk on base of two square steps. 2 bronze plaques. (1) On shaft: Lieutenant James Cook RN of the Endeavour, first sighted Australia at this point which he named Point Hicks after Lieutenant Zachary Hicks who first saw the land April 19th ships' log date, April 20th calendar date, 1770. (2) On base: This monument is made of stones hewn from the rocks of Cafe Everard close to Point Hicks, Victoria, and is a facsimile of the memorial erected there. It here marks the site of Captain Cook's cottage, removed to Melbourne in Victoria's centenary year, 1934. Presented by Russell Grimwade. Included for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NZ5572110637
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