Description

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

7/201 Group of Garden Ornaments in Fern
Dell

GV II

Garden ornaments. Probably mid-C19 but re-using some older pieces. Stone. 1.
Pedestal with cornice and moulded plinth. 2. Two elliptical stone benches with
shaped ends. 3. Round arched sandstone fountain with granite keystone, grotesque
mask and granite base. 4. Roman-style acanthus leaf capital. 5. Moulded plinth
with pedimented cap. 6. Pair of Roman funerary urns with scrolled pediment caps and
Latin inscription. An unusual collection of mainly neo-classical ornaments arranged
in a romantic Victorian fernery as a pets' cemetery.
This was the original burying place of Cupid, the pet pig which belonged to Emma,
Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.

Listing NGR: SX4551453104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433388

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)