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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434193

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