Obelisk

OBELISK, DENNIS HILL

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1289848
Date first listed:
20-May-1988
Statutory Address:
OBELISK, DENNIS HILL
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Date:
2006-12-08
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1289848
Date first listed:
20-May-1988
Statutory Address 1:
OBELISK, DENNIS HILL

Location

Statutory Address:
OBELISK, DENNIS HILL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Padstow
National Grid Reference:
SW 92205 74081

Details

PADSTOW DENNIS HILL, Padstow SW 97 SW 4/69 Obelisk

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Monument to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee of 1887. Erected in 1889 (datestone). Granite. Tall rusticated granite obelisk standing on an ashlar granite battered pedestal with deep coved cornice and stepped rusticated plinth. Remains of iron railings surrounding momument.

Listing NGR: SW9220574081

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396290
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