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Latitude: 54.545 / 54°32'42"N
Longitude: -1.7403 / 1°44'24"W
OS Eastings: 416900
OS Northings: 516673
OS Grid: NZ169166
Mapcode National: GBR JH9W.1H
Mapcode Global: WHC5T.71K1
Plus Code: 9C6WG7W5+2V
Entry Name: Column, 35 Metres East of Edleston House
Listing Date: 14 September 1966
Last Amended: 4 July 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1159714
English Heritage Legacy ID: 111077
ID on this website: 101159714
Location: Gainford, County Durham, DL2
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Gainford
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Gainford
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
NZ 1616 - 1716 16891667 GAINFORD SCHOOL LANE
(East side, off)
9/125 Column,35 metres
14.9.66 east of Edleston
House (previously listed as
column in the garden of Edleston
Hall, West Edleston)
II
Commemorative column, c.1750. Erected by Sir Hugh Smithson at Stanwick Park,
North Yorkshire, to commemorate the Peace of Aachen of 1748 and re-erected
by Robert Edleston in 1923 in the grounds of Edleston House, Gainford. Sandstone
ashlar. Tall, Roman Doric column on square-plan pedestal with moulded plinth
and cornice. Column supports square-plan plinth and-stepped base (which formerly
supported a statue, now destroyed).
Listing NGR: NZ1690016673
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