Listed Building: HARDY MONUMENT (105291)

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Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 442/4/205
Date assigned 26 January 1956
Date last amended

Description

SY 68 NW PORTESHAM BLACKDOWN 4/205 Hardy Monument 26.1.56 II Monument and landmark. 1844, restored in 1908, by Arthur Acland-Troyte Esq., in memory of Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, who died in 1839. Contractor: Henry Goddard of Bridport. Portesham ashlar. Octagonal tower c 70 ft. high, with battered base, heavy cornice and parapet, containing a spiral staircase lit through small slits. (RCHI4 Dorset II, p 242 (3). Hutchins II, p 760. The Builder II, (1844) p 553.) Listing NGR: SY6130087600

Map

Location

Grid reference SY 6130 8760 (point)
District (historic) West Dorset
Civil Parish Portesham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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