Description

G H Stokes 1859-63, layout Sir Joseph Paxton. Italian Renaissance pavilion.

S ELEVATION: 5-bay open loggia with consoled keyblocked arches resting on clusters of 4 Roman Doric columns, coupled in dead elevation; extends as Venetian features into square corner pavilions which have coupled Ionic pilasters at angles and plain blind arches on E and W fronts glazing now boarded over. Balustraded parapets, end pavilions rise higher with conical finials on sculptured plinths.

Arcaded back wall and lower outshots in re-entrant agnles. Central niche in loggia.

Steps on axis, dies bearing cast-iron urns top and bottom. Balustrade missing. Low coped boundary walls to park, railings missing except at Wortley Place. Square ashlar gatepiers to Arbroath Road. Cast iron over-arch. Gates missing.

Statement of Interest

Niche contained marble statue of Sir David Baxter by Sir John Steel, 1863, now in McManus Galleries. Sir David Baxter bart of Kilmaron (of Baxter Brothers, Dens Works) and his two sisters presented the 37 acre Baxter park to the city, the cost said to be about $50,000. It opened on 9 September 1863.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17575401

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