Lead Statue And Carved Unicorns' Heads On Section Of Wall Behind Fishpond To East Of Adlington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Statue, wall.
Lead Statue And Carved Unicorns' Heads On Section Of Wall Behind Fishpond To East Of Adlington Hall
- WRENN ID
- grim-kitchen-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Statue, wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 98 SW ADLINGTON C.P. MILL LANE (South Side)
3/25 Lead statue and carved unicorns' heads on section of wall behind fishpond to east of Adlington Hall.
GV II
Lead statue and carved unicorns heads: mid C18 for Charles Legh but statue moved from Wilderness garden and unicorns' heads from the tops of the Pillars c1960. Large lead statue of a reclining nude, bearded, male figure resting on his elbow and tipping a gadrooned urn forward. It is now on a rough stone plinth. Said to be Father Tiber. On the brick wall behind are 2 former capstones of gate piers. These are in buff sandstone and have fine carved unicorns' heads placed to face each other. This is the Legh's emblem.
Listing NGR: SJ9051080476
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