Listed Building: THE NELSON PYRAMID (3.63.41)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | |
EH LBS Legacy ID | 242261 |
Date assigned | 11 August 1961 |
Date last amended |
Description
Memorial pyramid, c.1800. Ashlar and timber with Westmorland slate cladding. Square plan with, to north, portico with Etruscan columns, square capitals and frieze inscribed 'Palman Qui Mervit Ferat'. Portico interior has walls inscribed, to left, with names of ships and captains involved in the Battle of the Nile (August 1798,) and to right, an incomplete verse. Pyramid interior has round saucer domed chamber with fitted timber bench and panelled doors. Part of a group of memorials to the Battle of the Nile, erected by the owner of the Thoresby Estate, who was a naval officer. (NCC/js)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 62567 70063 (8m by 9m) |
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Map sheet | SK67SW |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Perlethorpe cum Budby, Newark |
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Record last edited
Nov 27 2017 3:37PM