Building record 1230900000 - GRAY'S MONUMENT

Summary

Gray's monument, erected in 1799 to the poet Thomas Gray.

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  • Listed Building (II*) 1124346: GRAY'S MONUMENT

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Type and Period (1)

  • COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Built 1799, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II+. 1799 by James Wyatt. Erected by order of the then owner of Stoke Park, John Penn, grandson of William Penn. Large stone pedestal with panels inscribed with verses from Gray's 'Elegy'. On it a sarcaphagus with strigillated side panels (B1).
Assessment of historical and landscape context included in management plan for Stoke Park (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p187.
  • <2>SBC22716 Unpublished document: Land Use Consultants & Rees Bolter Architects. 2005. Stoke Park Conservation Management Plan.

Location

Grid reference SU 97790 82664 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Jul 28 2010 11:22AM

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