Listed Building: Obelisk 4 metres south east of No 4, Rookery Lane (1254209)

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Grade II
Authority Department of the Environment
Date assigned 07 December 1987
Date last amended 07 June 2017

Description

Subject to a minor amendment on 07 June 2017 Name and address changed from Obelisk 20 metres north west of Tree Tops, Rookery Lane to Obelisk 4 metres south east of No 4, Rookery Lane. Last sentence of description amended to 'No 4, Rookery Lane is not included in this list.' from 'Tree Tops, Rookery Lane, is not included in this list.' LEASINGHAM ROOKERY LANE (north side) Obelisk 20 metres north-west of Tree Tops TF 04 NE 8/43 II Obelisk tombstone. c1835. Ashlar and red polished granite. Square plan, with 3 ashlar steps, surmounted by a polished red granite square base inscribed N Richard Wharton Myddleton died 1835 and his wife Frances Penelope Myddleton died 1873. Above a tall obelisk rises to 4 metres in height. Richard Myddleton quarrelled with the then REctor and decided to be buried in what was then the garden of his home Leasingham Hall. Tree Tops, Rookery Lane is not included in this list. Listing NGR: TF0562748280

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  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1987. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 8/43.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1254209.

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Grid reference TF 05627 48280 (point)
Map sheet TF04NE
Civil Parish LEASINGHAM, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Oct 26 2017 11:21AM

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