BATH : Beckford's Tower ( Henry Goodridge 1827 ) stands on the crest of Lansdown Hill overlooking the city. In the foreground is the massive tomb of William Beckford himself (died 1844) ref: 01.6/34/1(01)
William Beckford's Tower Lansdown neo-classical tomb pink granite sarcophagus gilded lantern Henry Goodridge Bath Somerset England 1827
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Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. Standing 120 feet (37 m) high, the tower was completed in 1827 for local resident William Beckford to a design by Henry Goodridge. Beckford used the tower as both a library and a retreat, located at the end of pleasure gardens called Beckford's Ride which ran from his house in Lansdown Crescent up to the Tower at the top of Lansdown Hill; he made it his habit to ride up to the tower, view the progress of gardens and works, and walk down to breakfast. Beckford's own choice of the best of works of art, virtu, books and prints and rich furnishings from Fonthill Abbey, which he had sold in 1822, were rehoused in his double adjoining houses in Bath and at the Tower. One long narrow room there was fitted out as an "Oratory", where all the paintings were of devotional subjects and a marble Virgin and Child was bathed in light from a hidden skylight. The most striking feature of the tower is the topmost gilded lantern, based on the peripteral temple at Tivoli and the Tower of the Winds at Athens, reached by a spiral staircase and offering excellent views over the surrounding countryside, but not open to the public. The surrounding Victorian Cemetery, containing William Beckford’s tomb, a pink granite sarcophagus which stands on an oval- shaped mound lined by a stone wall and surrounded by a ditch, was in his lifetime part of a beau
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BATH : Beckford's Tower (designed by Henry Goodridge,1827) stands 154 feet high on the crest of Lansdown Hill overlooking the city. In the foreground is the massive marble tomb of William Beckford himself (died 1844) ref: 01.6/34/1(01)
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The Nugent Monument, erected in 1906, was designed by Frederick William Pomeroy[3]. Monsignor James Nugent (1822–1905) worked on behalf of neglected children, founding schools and orphanages. The monument is composed of a standing bronze figure in a blessing attitude with a ragged boy. This may be the only public monument to a Roman Catholic clergyman in England[4].
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Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,
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Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. This is the inscription on the base. It reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'
Wale Obelisk, Harston, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire, obelisk, folly, monument, memorial, Gregory Wale, Justice of the Peace, JP, Conservator of the River Cam, Bardfield Hall, Magots Mount, Rowley's Hill, St Margaret's Hill, 1739, inscribed, inscription, hill, field, silhouette, testimony, James Church, IPSV2678, IPSV0576,
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Obelisk erected in 1739 in memory of Gregory Wale (1668-1739) on Magots Mount, also known as St Margaret's Hill or Rowley's Hill, on the border between Little Shelford and Harston in Cabridgeshire. There is an inscription on the base, which reads 'To the memory of Gregory Wale Esq, Justice of the Peace for this County, Deputy Lieutenant, County Treasurer, Conservator of the River Cam. He lived an advocate for liberty, a good subject, an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an hospitable neighbour and in all parts of life a useful member of society. He died June 5th 1739 in the 71 year of his age: universally lamented and was buried in the parish of Little Shelford. This obelisk was erected by his surviving friend James Church Esq as a public testimony of his regard to the memory of so worthy a gentleman.'