Pair Of Cranes In Chinese Garden is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. A Late C19 Garden sculpture.
Pair Of Cranes In Chinese Garden
- WRENN ID
- fallow-wattle-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1989
- Type
- Garden sculpture
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pair of Cranes in the Chinese garden is an ornamental garden sculpture dated 1900, as indicated on a plaque. This pair of bronze cranes, which are of Chinese or Japanese origin and date from the late 19th century, stands on a rough stone base. Behind the cranes, there is a stone panel inscribed with the words: "In memory of Adam and Eve, Two old Cranes buried 1900." This sculpture is part of a collection gathered for the garden by the first Lord Crawshaw around 1890 to 1900. The cranes were illustrated in Country Life on February 21st, 1985.
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