Survey Data
Reg No
11903802
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Obelisk
In Use As
Obelisk
Date
1740 - 1837
Coordinates
278142, 191098
Date Recorded
05/11/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding eagle finial-topped granite ashlar obelisk, extant 1837, on a square plan on granite ashlar pedestal on cross vaulted arcaded base. Set in field.
Appraisal
An obelisk erected to designs attributed to Richard Castle (d. 1751) of Dublin (Glin 1964, 32-8; Howley 1993, 11) surviving as an interesting relic of the Belan House estate following the decline and ultimate demolition (196-) of the eponymous country house described (1826) as 'a large but plain pile of building...erected after the designs – as we believe – of Bindon [Francis Bindon (d. 1765)] about the year 1743 by the first Earl of Aldborough [John Stratford (c.1691-1777)]' (Brewer 1826 II, 48).