Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at National Grid Reference St7219 7034 Charlcombe, England
Listed Building Data
Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at National Grid Reference St7219 7034 has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1214434
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 1 February 1956
- Name
- MONUMENT TO SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE ST7219 7034
- Location
- MONUMENT TO SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE ST7219 7034
- Parish
- Charlcombe
- District
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Grid Reference
- ST 72189 70345
- Easting
- 372189.2240
- Northing
- 170344.9770
Listed Building Description
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ST 77 SW CHARLCOMBE LANSDOWN
1/24 Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at NGR ST 7219 7034, formerly listed 1.2.56 in Weston C.P.
- II*
Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville. Erected in 1720 to commemorate the Royalist leader killed at the Battle of Lansdown on July 5th 1643. Ashlar. Square on plan and approximately 25 feet high in two stages. The lower stage has a moulded plinth and is rusticated; it bears a slate tablet inscribed with a quotation from Lord Clarendon's account of the battle. The upper stage is crowned by a bold egg and dart moulded cornice with a moulded cap and it is surmounted by a griffin which holds a Grenville shield; sunken slate tablet in 2 faces and relief carvings of Grenville heraldry and trophies on other 2 faces. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument - Avon County No. 150. Restored: early - mid C19 by E. Davis of Bath and 1970's - 80's.
Listing NGR: ST7218970345
