Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE
6/76 (East Side)
Pair of Curved Benches
to either side of
Grand Basin in
Melbourne Hall
Gardens
GV II*
Pair of curved benches. Early C18 but much restored. Erected
as part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to
Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall,
with work carried out by William Cooke of Walcot. Seven narrow
shaped legs on moulded bases with plain segmental curved slab
stone seat to top plus moulded nosings. Included in the
Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63
for sources.

Listing NGR: SK3916424942

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546410

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)