Listed Building record TQ 77 SW 1032 - MONUMENT ON TELEGRAPH HILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 7146 7116 (point)
Map sheet TQ77SW
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 77 SW HIGHAM HERMITAGE ROAD 3/50 21.11.66 Monument on GV Telegraph Hill
II
Mid C19. Obelisk of rough pebble-dash mixture, originally faced with Roman cement which has peeled off except on the north side. It was erected in memory of Charles Larkin, an eloquent Rochester auctioneer, by the "Friends of Freedom in grateful testimony to his fearless and long avocation of Civil and Religious Liberty and his zealous extertions in promoting the Ever Memorable Measure of Parliamentary Reform, AD 1832".
Listing NGR: TQ7167171441


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Mar 31 2010 12:40PM