Pedestal With Statue Of Mercury In Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade I listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. A C1700 Statue.
Pedestal With Statue Of Mercury In Melbourne Hall Gardens
- WRENN ID
- wild-belfry-willow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1967
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/69 (East Side) 10.11.67 Pedestal with Statue of Mercury in Melbourne Hall Gardens GV I Pedestal with statue of Mercury. c1700 by Jan van Nost. Erected as part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. Stone and lead. Panelled pedestal with moulded base and cornice on stepped square plinth surmounted by lead statue of Mercury in flight. The figure has his right arm held high and is holding his winged rod with intertwined serpents in his left hand. His helmet and ankles are winged and he stands on the forehead of a wind blowing cherub. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63 for sources.
Listing NGR: SK3911724988
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