Terence Kearley , 3rd Viscount Devonport , has commissioned sculptor Simon Hitchens to build a 180 ft - tall monument commemorating the Elizabeth Landmark to celebrate the Queen 's reign . The landowner chose Royal # ##lyn Hitchens to create the $ 2.6 m hilltop work , which is a 200-ton column designed to interact with the sun during the summer months . The 85 m - long column will look like a slice of the earth , and aims to reflect the mining heritage of the area . The aristocrat now plans to approach the Palace with a request for the sculptor to inaugurate the steel structure .
Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport, has commissioned sculptor Simon Hitchens to build a 180 ft-tall monument called the Elizabeth Landmark to celebrate the Queen's reign. The landowner chose Royal Society sculptor Hitchens to create the $2.6m hilltop work, which is a 200-ton column designed to align with the sun during the summer equinox. The 85 m-long column will look like a slice of the earth, and aims to reflect the mining heritage of the North. The aristocrat now plans to approach Buckingham Palace with a request for the Queen to inaugurate the steel structure.