Detail View: SHIMMER:
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Caption:
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Obelisk
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Creation Date:
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1775
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Image Date:
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2002
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Period:
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18th century
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Location:
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Birdwell, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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sandstone
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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b044b
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Description:
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General view. Location: The Walk, at its junction with Sheffield Road (A61), Birdwell, Barnsley MBC, S70. Description: Large slim pyramidal column just off the A61. No obvious function. Inscription: On the front of the plinth, carved in the stone: Wentworth Castle / 3 Miles / 1775 Commission: Owned by the Wentworth Castle Estate. Comment: This was the first of a number of follies and monuments that marked the route taken by the 2nd Earl of Stafford across his estate to the doors of Wentworth Castle. Other monuments include the obelisk dedicated to Queen Anne, a column in memory of the Duke of Argyll and a number of buildings now destroyed during open-cast mining across the area.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Subject Heading:
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Obelisks
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Subject Heading:
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Follies (Architecture)
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