Wainman's Pinnacle

Wainman's Pinnacle
  • Cowling Pinnacle
  • The Salt Pot
Wainman's Pinnacle
Wainman's Pinnacle is located in North Yorkshire
Wainman's Pinnacle
Location within North Yorkshire
53°52′56″N 2°01′28″W / 53.882269°N 2.024465°W / 53.882269; -2.024465
Nearest cityBradford
History
Built1898
Original useFolly
Rebuilt1900
Site notes
Architect(s)Probably R. B. Broster & Sons
Current useFolly

Wainman's Pinnacle is a stone obelisk atop Earl Crag in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. It is sometimes called the 'Cowling Pinnacle' (after the nearby village of Cowling). It is nicknamed the 'The Salt Pot', with Lund's Tower known as the Pepper Pot.

Built as a folly, it has been a grade II listed building in the National Heritage List for England since 23 October 1984.

History

Wainman’s Pinnacle was built in 1898 as a memorial to the Napoleonic Wars by a man known as Wainman, and is thought to have been designed by R. B. Broster & Sons. It was rebuilt in 1900 by locals following a lightning strike.

References

  1. 1 2 "Wainman's Pinnacle". www.bronte-country.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Wainman's Pinnacle, Sutton, North Yorkshire". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wainman's Pinnacle - Why and when it was built. - Moonrakers". Moonrakers. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sutton-in-Craven Village Website". www.sutton-in-craven.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cowling (Wainman's) Pinnacle - Earlier ideas regarding its building". Moonrakers. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.