Garden Ornaments Around The East Lawn, To The East Of Mount Edgcumbe House

SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK

7/184 Garden ornaments around the East Lawn, to the east of Mount Edgcumbe House

GV II

Garden ornaments, including 4 statues, balustrade, piers, sundial, urns and steps. Mid C19. The balustrade encloses the East Lawn by a north/south range and an east/west range. The statues are at the east end of the lawn. There is a path along the central east/west axis of the lawn, with sundial to centre with 4 urns arranged in a square around it. At the west end of the path are 4 more urns. Statue of Minerva, with helmet, serpent and staff, on square pedestal. Statue of Diana, painted, with quiver of arrows and stag, on square pedestal which is rendered and lined out. State of Mercury with pan pipes, painted, on square pedestal with moulded base and top. Statue of draped seated figure, with sheathed sword and infant at his feet, on stone pedestal with rounded front and cornice. The statues are casts in Roman style. The balustrade extends about 50 metres in the north/south range and about 40 metres in the east/west range. Column balusters with plain dies on plain plinth with moulded top rail. In the east/west range, at the south east corner, a pedestal with a pineapple finial. Balustrade bowed out off-centre to north east, with pedestal to left and right of bow, surmounted by limestone urns with swags of flowers; 3 steps down from the East Lawn. The north/south range has a pair of plain square pedestals with similar urns with swags, on each side of a flight of 7 steps with short flanking walls with small urn to each side. At the north west end of this range, a terminal pier with a similar urn with swags. The sundial is a fluted limestone baluster, with bronze plate with gnomon, by Lancaster of Devonport. 4 urns on plain pedestals around the sundial and 4 similar urns at the west end of the path.

Listing NGR: SX4535252744