Kemble Vase North Of Royal Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. A Victorian Basin.
Kemble Vase North Of Royal Avenue
- WRENN ID
- distant-merlon-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Basin
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ROYAL VICTORIA PARK 656-1/30/1433 Kemble vase north of Royal Avenue
(Formerly Listed as: VICTORIA PARK Large Basin/Urn north of Royal Avenue) 05/08/75
GV II
Large basin of limestone, approx. 80m south of Brock Street. Mid C19. Shallow basin almost 2m in diameter has moulded rim with eroded Vitruvian scroll. Radiating acanthus leaves at base rise from circular cornice. Fluted base sweeps out to square pedestal with cornice and eroded inscription to south side, recording its donation by S.S.V. Pieroni. HISTORY: An exceptionally large basin, showing the capabilities of Bath stone and forming an important element in the embellishment of the park. Victoria Park was laid out in 1830 on the former Barton Fields, an area of common land and was opened by the Duchess of Kent with her daughter, Princess Victoria, on October 23rd 1830. It was the country's first municipal park. Listing NGR: ST7456165241
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