Burton Pynsent Monument

Burton Pynsent Monument
Location: Curry Rivel, Somerset, England
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Built: 1757
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated: 17 April, 1959[1]
Reference #: 431251
Location of Burton Pynsent Monument in Somerset

The 140 feet (43 m) Burton Pynsent Monument on Troy Hill, at Burton Pynsent within the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England was built in 1757 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Alternative names for the tower which stands on Troy Hill, a spur of high ground about 700 m north-east of Burton Pynsent House, include; the Curry Rivel Column, Pynsent Column, Pynsent Steeple or Cider Monument.[2]

The monument, which is clad in Portland Stone was designed by Capability Brown and built by Philip Pear,[3] at a cost of 2,000,[4] for William Pitt as a monument to Sir William Pynsent,[5] of the Pynsent Baronets.

It was restored in the 1990s by the John Paul Getty Trust and English Heritage.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Burton Pynsent Monument". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=431251. Retrieved 2008-07-05. 
  2. ^ a b Holt, Jonathan. Somerset Follies. Akeman Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780954613877. 
  3. ^ "Burton Pynsent Monument". Britain Express. http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/somerset/properties/Burton-Pynsent.htm. Retrieved 22 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Burton Pynsent". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=55167. Retrieved 22 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Curry Rivel Column (Burton Pynsent)". Folly Towers. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080222065624/http://www.follytowers.com/curryrival.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05.