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 monument culminates in a band of laurel wreaths beneath a naval crown, composed of the sculpted sterns of four galleons interspersed with four mainsails.

[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.

HE DIED AT MADRAS DECEMBER 24th 1814[3] It was designated as a grade II* listed building in 1958.