Two Pairs of Cherubs to North West of the Grand Basin 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. Sculpture, garden feature.

Two Pairs of Cherubs to North West of the Grand Basin in Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
muted-dormer-thyme
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1967
Type
Sculpture, garden feature
Address
Two Pairs of Cherubs to North West of the Grand Basin in Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close
OS grid reference
SK 391 250
Coordinates
52.82143, -1.42061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two pairs of cherubs are located to the north-west of the Grand Basin in Melbourne Hall Gardens. They were created around 1700 by Jan van Nost and are part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. Made of stone and lead, each pair of cherubs stands on a panelled stone pedestal with a moulded base and cornice. In the western pair, one cherub is snatching a bunch of lilies from the other, while in the eastern pair, the cherubs are quarrelling. These cherubs form a group with two pairs on the opposite side of the Basin, depicting the story of Castor and his brother Pollux fighting over a bunch of flowers and their eventual reconciliation. They are included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Two Pairs of Cherubs to North West of the Grand Basin in Melbourne Hall Gardens sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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