Farmhouse - and Stoodley Pike monument - Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England UK
Stoodley Pike is a 1,300ft ( metre) hill in the south Pennines, notable for the 121ft-high tower at its summit which dominates the moors above Todmorden, West Yorkshire, Northern England. The current Stoodley Pike Monument was designed by local architect James Green in 1854 and the building was completed in 1856 when peace was declared at the end of the Crimean War. An earlier monument had existed on the site, started in 1814 to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon and the surrender of Paris then completed in 1815 after the Battle of Waterloo (Napoleonic Wars). This structure collapsed in 1854 following an earlier lightning strike and ongoing wear and tear from the elements. The replacement was therefore (rather wisely) built slightly further from the edge of the hill. During repair work in 1889 a lightning conductor was added. The tower has since been struck by lightning on numerous occasions without any notable structural damage. There is evidence to suggest that some sort of structure existed on the site before even this earlier structure was built.
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