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- Hoad_Monument abstract "Hoad Monument (proper name: the Sir John Barrow Monument) is a 100 ft (30.5 m) tower at the top of Hoad Hill (436 ft/133 m), to the north-east of Ulverston in the Furness area of north-west England. It is a Grade II listed building in England and Wales, meaning that it is of more than local interest, and the monument stands as one of the iconic symbols of the Northwest of England. Paid for by public subscription at a cost of £1250, the monument was erected in 1850. It commemorates Sir John Barrow who was born in Ulverston in 1764. Sir John was a founder member of the Royal Geographic Society, and held various government posts in the 19th century becoming the Second Secretary to the Admiralty.The monument was designed as a replica of the Third Eddystone Lighthouse (Smeaton's Tower). It is built of limestone quarried locally at Birkrigg Common. Due to its elevated and exposed position, it is one of the most prominent landmarks in Cumbria. The hollow tower can be ascended via a spiral stone staircase of 112 steps. At the top, eight apertures provide a magnificent 360-degree panorama of the Furness Peninsula, Morecambe Bay and the southern Lake District. In recent times the formerly open apertures have been glazed. Sometimes simply known as "Hoad", the tower is also occasionally referred to as "the pepper pot". This epithet was famously used by Lord Haw-Haw during one of his propaganda broadcasts of World War II when he warned the residents of Ulverston that the German Air Force would bomb their pepper pot.Hoad Monument is normally open during the summer months when a flag is flying outside the monument. Ulverston Towns Lands Trust owns both the monument and Hoad Hill.".
- Hoad_Monument thumbnail John_Barrow_Monument.jpg?width=300.
- Hoad_Monument wikiPageExternalLink www.sirjohnbarrowmonument.co.uk.
- Hoad_Monument wikiPageID "4243260".
- Hoad_Monument wikiPageRevisionID "582133030".
- Hoad_Monument hasPhotoCollection Hoad_Monument.
- Hoad_Monument subject Category:Furness.
- Hoad_Monument subject Category:Grade_II_listed_buildings_in_Cumbria.
- Hoad_Monument subject Category:Monuments_and_memorials_in_Cumbria.
- Hoad_Monument point "54.2025 -3.0828".
- Hoad_Monument type Artifact100021939.
- Hoad_Monument type Building102913152.
- Hoad_Monument type GradeIIListedBuildingsInCumbria.
- Hoad_Monument type Object100002684.
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- Hoad_Monument comment "Hoad Monument (proper name: the Sir John Barrow Monument) is a 100 ft (30.5 m) tower at the top of Hoad Hill (436 ft/133 m), to the north-east of Ulverston in the Furness area of north-west England. It is a Grade II listed building in England and Wales, meaning that it is of more than local interest, and the monument stands as one of the iconic symbols of the Northwest of England. Paid for by public subscription at a cost of £1250, the monument was erected in 1850.".
- Hoad_Monument label "Hoad Monument".
- Hoad_Monument label "Monumento de Hoad".
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- Hoad_Monument sameAs Q5874265.
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- Hoad_Monument lat "54.2025".
- Hoad_Monument long "-3.0828".
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- Hoad_Monument depiction John_Barrow_Monument.jpg.
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