Well Head Approximately 50 Metres West South West Of Temple Of Flora is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Well head.

Well Head Approximately 50 Metres West South West Of Temple Of Flora

WRENN ID
cold-transept-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Well head
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NUNEHAM COURTENAY NUNEHAN PARK SU5498 12/89 Well head approx. 50m. WSW of Temple of Flora

GV II

Well head. Late C18/early C19. Limestone with wrought-iron overthrow. Italian. The drum is carved with foliage, crockets and 4 heads; the octagonal rim has a cable moulding. The simple overthrow has some scroll work and supports a pulley. Probably an early C19 insertion into the innovatory flower garden designed in 1771 by the Reverend William Mason, author of "The English Flower Garden", for Lord Nuneham, afterwards the 2nd Earl Harcourt. (Nuneham Park is included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, P.730)

Listing NGR: SU5416098202

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