Umberslade Obelisk
The Umberslade Obelisk is a Grade II listed monument in Warwickshire, England constructed by order of Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer, on his estate of Umberslade Hall in 1749.Photo: AJD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Obelisk
- Description: obelisk in Tanworth-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Lord Archer’s Obelisk”, “Obelisk At Umberslade Park”, and “Obelisk at Underslade Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saint Thomas and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth.
Church of Saint Thomas
Church
Photo: Argrogan, Public domain.
Church of Saint Thomas is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Umberslade Obelisk.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lapworth is situated 1¼ miles east of Umberslade Obelisk.
Packwood House
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house in Packwood on the Solihull border near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. Packwood House is situated 2 miles east of Umberslade Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hockley Heath and Lapworth.
Hockley Heath
Village
Hockley Heath is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. The village is to the south of the West Midlands conurbation, 12 miles southeast of Birmingham 5.5 miles from Solihull town centre and 13 miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Lapworth
Village
Lapworth is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, which had a population of 2,100 according to the 2001 census; this had fallen to 1,828 at the 2011 Census.
Tanworth-in-Arden
Village
Tanworth-in-Arden is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is 12.5 miles south-southeast of Birmingham, 5.5 miles north-east of Redditch and 8 miles south-southwest of Solihull and is administered by Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Tanworth-in-Arden is situated 2 miles west of Umberslade Obelisk.
Umberslade Obelisk
- Categories: historic site and monument
- Location: Lapworth, Warwick District, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.34229° or 52° 20′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.78796° or 1° 47′ 17″ westInception
1749Open location code
9C4W86R6+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 175195151OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q26662463
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