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Hoy's Monument

A Grade II Listed Building in Chale, Isle of Wight

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.6068 / 50°36'24"N

Longitude: -1.3005 / 1°18'1"W

OS Eastings: 449597

OS Northings: 78800

OS Grid: SZ495788

Mapcode National: GBR 8CH.VD4

Mapcode Global: FRA 875G.F6F

Plus Code: 9C2WJM4X+PR

Entry Name: Hoy's Monument

Listing Date: 18 January 1967

Last Amended: 22 November 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209244

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392783

ID on this website: 101209244

Location: Isle of Wight, PO38

County: Isle of Wight

Civil Parish: Chale

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Isle of Wight

Church of England Parish: Chale St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth

Tagged with: Monument

Description


GODSHILL

SZ457NE ST CATHERINE'S DOWN 1353-0/5/192 Hoy's Monument 18/01/67 (Formerly Listed as: CHALE Hoy's Mmonument)

II

Monument. 1814 with further tablet added in 1857. Comprizes a large tapering tooled ashlar Tuscan column surmounted by a cornice and large ball finial on large tooled ashlar plinth with moulded cornice and base. On one side of the plinth is the inscription "In commemoration of the visit of His Majesty Alexander I Emperor of all the Russias to Great Britain in 1814. In remembrance of many happy years residence in his dominions this pillar was erected by Michael Hoy. (He was the owner of the Hermitage, of which only the stables remain from this period). On the opposite side is the inscription "This tablet was erected by William Henry Dawes Late Lieutenant of HM 22nd Regiment in honour of those brave men of the allied armies who fell on the Alma and at the siege of Sebastepol AD 1857. A prominent land and sea mark.

Listing NGR: SZ4959778800

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