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Title*

Obelisk
County Norfolk   District Council Breckland 
Civil Parish or equivalent Little Dunham  Town/Village* Little Dunham 
Road Off Moors Lane and A47 
Precise Location In field to south east of Dunham Hall 
OS Grid Ref 590300  Postcode NR19 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Field  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Not known     

Commissioned by

 John Drosier 

Design & Constrn period

 1814 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Obelisk

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Dado  Gault brick faced with ashlar  H. 162 cms W. & D 123 cms 
Obelisk  Gault brick faced with ashlar  H. approx 4 metres 
Base  Stone  H 31 cms. W & D 136 cms 
Plaque on dado  Stone  H. 79 cms W. 66 cms 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Albanwise Farming Ltd 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: The obelisk now leans slightly to the left at the top. Some of the bricks need repointing and the stone base is discoloured.

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions On plaque dado: In Commemoration of/PEACE/JOHN DROSIER Esq/Erected This/OBELISK/MDCCXIV On roundel: NELSON/ NILE/TRAFALGAR/Obit 21 of Oct/1803 Lower part illegible 

Description (physical)

 The obelisk now stands in splendid isolation surrounded at its rear by trees facing fields. It originally connected with an avenue of trees leading to the now destroyed Curd's Hall, just to the east in Little Fransham. There is a similar brick obelisk at Costessey which probably dates from slightly earlier (NFsnCO001)  

Description (iconographical)

 The obelisk celebrated the Treaty of Paris signed on May 30, 1814 which ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition of the United Kingdom Russia, Austria Sweden and Prussia. Nelson must have been celebrated since John Drosier had married Lord Nelson's second cousin Mary Nelson. Drosier was presumably the squire of Curd's Hall in nearby Little Fransham, once associated with the obelisk by an avenue of trees. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  5/11/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  5/11/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris 07/11/06 NOTES AND QUERIES Nov.10 1923 p.371 BOE II 521 

Database

 Date entered:  7/11/2006

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke