Pair Of Pedestals Supporting Fruit Bowl Vase 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 Early C18 (incorporated into garden) Garden feature.

Pair Of Pedestals Supporting Fruit Bowl Vase In Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
standing-crypt-peregrine
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1967
Type
Garden feature
Period
Early C18 (incorporated into garden)
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/63 (East Side) 10.11.67 Pair of Pedestals Supporting Fruit Bowl Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens (formerly as 'Pair of pedestals supporting vases on house terrace, Melbourne Hall) GV I Pair of pedestals supporting fruit bowl vases. Late C17. Incorporated into early C18 garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall with work carried out by William Cooke of Walcot. Stone. Two similar pedestals and vases. Each has a plain pedestal on stepped plinth, with large lattice work basket over containing fruit and flowers, standing on a moulded tapering base. These probably belonged to the earlier formal garden at Melbourne Hall. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. Sources - see Anthony J, 'Gardens of Britain', 1979, Country Life 23 Sept 1899, p368, 7 April 1928, p492, 14 April 1928, p526. Hussey C, 'English Gardens and Landscapes 1700- 1750' 1967. Pevsner N, revised Williamson E, 'Derbyshire' 1978. Green D 'Gardener to Queen Anne' 1956. Also V Kerr, 'Melbourne Hall Gardens', 1984.

Listing NGR: SK3899825013

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