Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1984. Obelisk.

Needle Obelisk at NGR ST 559 129

WRENN ID
knotted-shingle-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1984
Type
Obelisk
Source
Historic England listing

Description

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ST51SE 5/4

BARWICK CP KEY HILL Needle Obelisk at NGR ST559 129

GV II

Obelisk. Circa 1775. Rough cut and coursed local stone with dressed stone cap. Square on plan, slender and sharp pointed; about 2 metres square on base and approximately 12 metres high. Flat stone set in South faces about 4 metres high, but no inscription evident.

The South boundary marker, one of four of the Barwick Park estate, probably erected by John Newman. (Barbara Jones, Follies and Grottoes, Constable 1974.)

Listing NGR: ST5594612978

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