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Latitude: 54.5551 / 54°33'18"N
Longitude: -1.9673 / 1°58'2"W
OS Eastings: 402212
OS Northings: 517765
OS Grid: NZ022177
Mapcode National: GBR GHPR.WW
Mapcode Global: WHB4C.RRDV
Plus Code: 9C6WH24M+33
Entry Name: Garden Wall, with Statues and 2 Sets of Gate Piers, Adjoining to East of Lartington Hall
Listing Date: 17 June 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1323083
English Heritage Legacy ID: 111260
ID on this website: 101323083
Location: Lartington, County Durham, DL12
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Lartington
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Tagged with: Wall
LARTINGTON LARTINGTON LANE NZ 0217 (North side, off) 32/93 Garden wall, with statues and 2 sets of gate-piers, adjoining to east of Lartington Hall GV II Garden wall, surmounted by statues and ornaments, and 2 sets of gate-piers. Circa 1867, probably designed by J.A. Hansom who is said to have laid out the gardens; Muse of Literature statue signed by R. Borrowdale of Barnard Castle. Wall: exterior face of-rock-faced stone;garden face of red brick bordered by buff brick with stone bands and coping. Cast cement and carved stone statues and ornaments. Stone gate-piers and wall buttresses. Wall, attached to porte- cochère of hall, runs east for about 55 metres; gate piers at centre and at right-angles to east end (park entrance).
Wall, 1.0 metre tall at west and 2.5 metres tall to east, is ramped down at east end. Exterior face has chamfered plinth and sloped coping. Buttressed garden face. Surmounting every rusticated buttress is either a krater-shaped urn, an orb finial or a statue. From west to east the statues represent: a young, robed man with foot resting on a beehive, holding a bowl; Muse of painting, palette in hand, with the other hand holding a laurel wreath resting on a herm; small boy with 2 fish; Venus; lady with pitcher in hand and platter of fruit on her head; young boy with bird.
Tall rusticated gate-piers with corniced caps. Central set surmounted by life- sized statues of Hercules and Bacchus; park entrance set with statues of Demeter and the Muse of Literature.
Included for group value.
Listing NGR: NZ0221217765
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