Lion Sculptures Flanking Front Garden Path. Trerice is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Sculpture.

Lion Sculptures Flanking Front Garden Path. Trerice

WRENN ID: shadowed-glass-yarrow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Date first listed: 16 November 1988
Type: Sculpture
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ST NEWLYN EAST TRERICE SW 85 SW 1/57 Lion sculptures flanking front garden path. Trerice.

GV II

Two freestanding garden ornaments in form of crouching lions, flanking path from road to house. C16. Granite. Each has front paws grasping their breasts, and tail looped over back. Lions were found at Kenegie in Gulval, but claimed by Henderson to have been at Trewardreva, Newlyn East, and after 150 years at Lifton, Devon, were returned to Trerice by the Trust in 1973. (Journ. Royal Inst of Cornwall. NS 6 Pt 4 1972, p320, and J.R.I.C. NS3 (1980) pp 250-251.)

Listing NGR: SW8414858468

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