Obelisk, Obelisk Farm, Nuthurst
Introduction
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Obelisk, Obelisk Farm, Nuthurst
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 9 Feb 2008
The obelisk is a slender spike of limestone blocks and is over 70 feet tall. It was completed in 1749 for Thomas Archer of Umberslade Hall. It is sited to form an eyecatcher in the view from the east front of the hall though this relationship is now obscured by evergreen trees that were planted to hide the M40 motorway. The obelisk is one of three in the area erected in the mid-18th century as landscape features, the others being at Farnborough Hall, SP4348, and Wroxton Abbey near Banbury, SP4141. Public access to the Nuthurst obelisk is from Pound House Lane by Obelisk Farm.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.342288
Longitude
-1.788001