Garden Feature At South End Of South Terrace Of Prideaux Place

The garden feature at the south end of the south terrace of Prideaux Place, built in 1740 by Edmund Prideaux, is a notable garden seat. Constructed from vermiculated and dressed stone ashlar, it has side walls made of rendered brick. The central garden seat resembles a portal, featuring a vermiculated round arch with imposts, keyblocks, and a moulded cornice at the top of its pediment. This portal is flanked by low quadrant walls, each containing four shallow niches, and these walls terminate in square-on-plan piers made of stone rubble with rendered surfaces. The piers have moulded bases and caps, topped with vase-capped urns. Inside the 'portico' is an inscription noting that the marbles, which include inscriptions and portable shrines from the first century AD, were brought back from Rome by Edmund Prideaux in 1740.