Listed Building: THE NELSON PYRAMID (3.63.41)

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Grade II
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)
Map sheet SK67SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Perlethorpe cum Budby, Newark

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Record last edited

Nov 27 2017 3:37PM

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