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Countess's Pillar

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brougham, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.6537 / 54°39'13"N

Longitude: -2.7049 / 2°42'17"W

OS Eastings: 354616

OS Northings: 528959

OS Grid: NY546289

Mapcode National: GBR 9GKM.6K

Mapcode Global: WH81C.F958

Plus Code: 9C6VM73W+F2

Entry Name: Countess's Pillar

Listing Date: 6 February 1968

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1326777

English Heritage Legacy ID: 74213

ID on this website: 101326777

Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, CA10

County: Cumbria

District: Eden

Civil Parish: Brougham

Traditional County: Westmorland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Clifton St Cuthbert

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description


NY 52 NW BROUGHAM BROUGHAM

9/10 Countess's Pillar
6.2.68

GV II*

Monument/sundial, scheduled A.M. Dated 1656 with C20 restoration. Dressed pink
sandstone partly painted. Octagonal column on chamfered base with moulded cap
and cuboid block under shaped finial. The block has sundials on 3 faces with
metal gnomons and painted faces; the front with Clifford arms and the misleading
date 1654. The rear sundial has an inscribed plate: THIS PILLAR WAS ERECTED
ANNO 1656 BY YE HON'BLE ANNE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE AND DAUGHTER AND SOLE
HEIRE OF YE RT HONO'BLE GEORGE EARL OF CUMBERLAND AND FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER LAST
PARTING IN THIS PLACE WITH HER GOOD AND PIOUS MOTHER YE RT HONO'BLE MARGARET
COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CUMBERLAND YE 3RD OF APRIL 1616. IN MEMORY WHEREOF SHE ALSO
LEFT AN ANNUITY OF FOUR POUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO YE POOR WITHIN THIS PARISH
OF BROUGHAM EVERY 2ND DAY OF APRIL FOR EVER UPON YE STONE TABLE HERE HARD BY.
Set on a flagged base with C20 railings around it. Nearby is the alms table
listed separately. Restored at the cost of £3,000 by English Heritage in time
for the distribution of alms on 2 April 1986. See RCHM, Westmorland, 1936,
p.62.


Listing NGR: NY5461628959

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