Admiral Hood Monument

The Hood monument is a memorial column to Sir Samuel Hood on a hill near Butleigh in the parish of Compton Dundon, Somerset, England. It was completed in 1831 to a design by Henry Goodridge.

Hood monument
Location within Somerset
General information
Architectural styleTuscan column
Town or cityCompton Dundon
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.101356°N 2.721306°W / 51.101356; -2.721306
Completed1831[1]
Technical details
Size110 feet (33.5 m) high
Design and construction
ArchitectHenry Goodridge

Description
Monument crown

The monument is a 110 feet (33.5 m) Tuscan column on a cuboid ashlar base set on two tall steps, the lower supporting a wrought iron railing enclosure.[2] The proportions of the monument were based on those of Trajan's column in Rome.[3] There was originally a doorway in the base, but this was sealed in 1990.[2] The monument culminates in a band of laurel wreaths beneath a naval crown, composed of the sculpted sterns of four galleons interspersed with four mainsails.[4] It was carved by Gahagan of Bath.[3]

The monument was paid for by public subscription and designed by the architect Henry Goodridge.[1][5] It was originally linked to the Hood family home at Butleigh by a mile long avenue of cedar trees.[6] The inscription was composed by Sir James Mackintosh.[3]

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[7]

References
  1. "Admiral Hood Monument". Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  2. "Admiral Hood Monument". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  3. "SIR SAMUEL HOOD". The United Service Magazine: 384. 1831.
  4. Holt, Jonathan (2007). Somerset Follies. Bath: Akeman Press. ISBN 978-0-9546138-7-7.
  5. The United Service Magazine gives his name as "Goodriche"
  6. "Follies". South Somerset. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  7. "Hood family monument". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
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