Wall Retaining Upper Terrace On Garden Front Of Eastnor Castle, And Steps And Arcaded Fountain At South-West End is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. Terrace wall, fountain.
Wall Retaining Upper Terrace On Garden Front Of Eastnor Castle, And Steps And Arcaded Fountain At South-West End
- WRENN ID
- young-hearth-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1986
- Type
- Terrace wall, fountain
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
EASTNOR CP EASTNOR SO 73 NW
4/32 Wall retaining upper terrace on garden front of Eastnor - Castle, and steps and arcaded fountain at south- west end
GV II
Terrace retaining wall, steps and arcaded fountain. 1811-20 by Robert Smirke, altered. 1870s by G E Fox and arcaded fountain late 1880s by Fox for Lady Henry Somerset. Retaining wall approximately 5 m high. Coursed and squared rubble, corbelled out, embattled, ashlar parapet. Squared projection at north end and smaller off-centre projection. At the south-west end is a flight of steps down to the lower terrace. Set against this flight is a tall, triple arcade, in the centre of which is set a relief panel of arms and supporters and a central spout. The spout feeds into a freestanding pillar fountain enriched with waterleaf ornament, a stag's head and a fishscale top. The basin of the fountain is surrounded by a low wall.
Listing NGR: SO7351736837
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