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Dark Ln, Featherstone, Wolverhampton WV11 2AY, United KingdomMap
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Commemorative tower. Between 1739 and 1765. For Henry Vernon, perhaps by Richard Trubshaw of Haywood, Staffs. Ashlar with herringbone pattern tooling. Hexagonal piers. Three stages with moulded plinth and storey bands. Ground floor door-way to the south with raised and beaded architrave and lintel ramped up to a keystone. On the north side of the tower directly opposite the door is a niche with similar surround containing a marble plaque inscribed:"THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED BY / HENRY VERNON OF HILTON PARK / BORN 13th SEPTEMBER 1718, DIED 1765 / TO COMMEMORATE THE TAKING OF PORTOBELLO / WITH SIX SHIPS OF THE LINE NOV 22nd 1739 BY / ADMIRAL VERNON / BORN 12th NOVEMBER 1684, DIED 1757 / IN 1763 A MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO / ADMIRAL VERNON IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY / A.L.V. 1911.
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Commemorative tower. Between 1739 and 1765. For Henry Vernon, perhaps by Richard Trubshaw of Haywood, Staffs. Ashlar with herringbone pattern tooling. Hexagonal piers. Three stages with moulded plinth and storey bands. Ground floor door-way to the south with raised and beaded architrave and lintel ramped up to a keystone. On the north side of the tower directly opposite the door is a niche with similar surround containing a marble plaque inscribed:"THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED BY / HENRY VERNON OF HILTON PARK / BORN 13th SEPTEMBER 1718, DIED 1765 / TO COMMEMORATE THE TAKING OF PORTOBELLO / WITH SIX SHIPS OF THE LINE NOV 22nd 1739 BY / ADMIRAL VERNON / BORN 12th NOVEMBER 1684, DIED 1757 / IN 1763 A MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO / ADMIRAL VERNON IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY / A.L.V. 1911.