Garden urn at Beechwood Park School (40 metres to north of main entrance) is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Garden urn.
Garden urn at Beechwood Park School (40 metres to north of main entrance)
- WRENN ID
- scattered-cellar-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Garden urn
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 01 SW 3/16
FLAMSTEAD BEECHWOOD PARK (West side) Garden urn at Beechwood Park School (40 metres to north of main entrance)
GV II Garden urn. Circa 1860, stamped 'J M BLASHFIELD/MILLWALL & PADDINGTON/LONDON'. C18 pedestal re-used. Light buff terracotta urn on Portland stone pedestal.
Cubic stone pedestal on moulded base about 1 metre high. Very large terracotta urn with bowl about 1 metre diameter with its own square plinth and stem decorated in relief with lotus leaves. Scallop decoration with tendrils between to bowl with acanthus wreathed rim. One of a set of four identical urns, those on east front probably installed when the line of the drive was set back from immediately outside the entrance door in 1860. Blashfield (1830-1870) bought some of Coade's moulds in 1836 and opened a terracotta works, employing several sculptors and supplying urns for the Royal Palaces and the Royal Mausoleum at Windsor as well as statues and architectural ornaments. .
Listing NGR: TL0453414529
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