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Title
Boughton Obelisk
Date
1764
Medium
white sandstone
Measurements
H 3048 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
NN2_RS_S063
Acquisition method
erected by order of Lord Strafford of Boughton Manor
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Northampton Borough Council
Custodian
Northampton Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
09/12/68
Access
at all times
Inscription description
BROUGHTON OBELISK WAS BUILT IN 1764 BY WILLIAM WENTWORTH, 2ND EARL / OF STRAFFORD 91722-91). WHO LIVED AT BROUGHTON HALL. A 100 FOOT / HIGH COLUMN OF LOCAL WHITE SANDSTONE, IT IS THE MOST PROMINENT OF / THE SEVEN FOLLIES IN BROUGHTON PARK. IT ONCE BORE THE INSCRIPTION: / “THIS OBELISK WAS ERECTED IN 1764 IN MEMORY OF / HIS GRACE WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 4TH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE” / WILLIAM CAVENDISH WAS A LIFELONG FRIEND OF WENTWORTH’S AND HAD / BEEN EDUCATED AT BOUGHTON. HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER IN 1756. / ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WAS A QUOTATION FROM POPES’S ESSAY ON MAN / “ HEREIN THE RICH THE HONOUR’D, FAM’D AND GREAT,/ SEE THE FALSE SCALES OF HAPPINESS COMPLEAT” / PLACED BY NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH COUNCIL - 1995
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