| 词条 | Burton Pynsent Monument |
| 释义 |
| name =Burton Pynsent Monument | native_name = | image =Burton Pynsent Monument.jpg | caption = | locmapin = Somerset | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|51|01|18|N|2|53|21|W|display=inline,title}} | location =Curry Rivel, Somerset, England | area = | built =1767 | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | designation1 =Grade I Listed Building | designation1_offname = | designation1_date =17 April 1959[1] | designation1_number =431251 | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_date = | designation2_number = }} The {{convert|140|ft|m|0}} Burton Pynsent Monument on Troy Hill at Burton Pynsent, within the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, was built in 1767 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. Pynsent was grateful to Pitt for opposing a ten shilling tax on a hogshead of cider (1763 Cider Bill), which would have affected his business, so on his death he left his entire estate to Pitt.[6][7] Pitt then used some of the income from the estate (£3000 per annum) to erect the monument to his benefactor. In June 1948 it was reported that a heifer climbed the 172 steps to the top of the monument, but was later returned safely to her hillside pasture.[8] The tower was restored in the 1990s by the John Paul Getty Trust and English Heritage.[2] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=431251|title=Burton Pynsent Monument |work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2008-07-05}} {{Commons category|Burton Pynsent Monument}}2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Holt|first=Jonathan|title=Somerset Follies|publisher=Akeman Press|pages=76–77|isbn=978-0-9546138-7-7}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/somerset/properties/Burton-Pynsent.htm | title=Burton Pynsent Monument | publisher=Britain Express | accessdate=22 November 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55167 | title=Burton Pynsent | work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | publisher=Somerset County Council | accessdate=22 November 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.follytowers.com/curryrival.html |title=Curry Rivel Column (Burton Pynsent) |publisher=Folly Towers |accessdate=2008-07-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222065624/http://www.follytowers.com/curryrival.html |archivedate=2008-02-22 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Byford|first=Enid|title=Somerset Curiosities|date=1987|publisher=Dovecote Press|isbn=0946159483|page=34}} 7. ^{{Google books|id=ctU_AAAAcAAJ|page=50|last=Thackeray|first=Francis|title=A History of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham|date=1827}} 8. ^Milwaukee Journal 15 June 1948 7 : Towers completed in 1767|Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset|Monuments and memorials in Somerset|Monumental columns in the United Kingdom|Grade I listed monuments and memorials|Observation towers in the United Kingdom|1767 establishments in England |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。