Parterre Retaining Walls, Urns, Steps And Pool Basin With Statue Of Diana To Rear Of Woolverstone Hall

TM 1938 WOOLVERSTONE WOOLVERSTONE PARK 7/46 Parterre retaining walls, urns, steps and pool basin - with statue of Diana to rear of Woolverstone Hall GV II Steps, parterre retaining walls, urns and pool basin containing statue of Diana. 1850s by W A Nesfield for Berners family. Artificial stone. Double flight of steps to parterre retaining wall which contains a pool basin with a statue of Diana on a pedestal. Further parterre retaining walls flanking the house, cir- cular on plan with urns to centre. Forms part of garden layout designed by Nesfield and described in 1867 as 'the masterpiece of all his productions'. The layout of the parterre can still be distinguished at time of resurvey and the designs are illustrated in Gardeners Chronicle 16.2.1867 p158. Photograph in NMR.

Listing NGR: TM1947538695