Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery
Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery, Alton Park
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1037875
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery
- Statutory Address:
- Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery, Alton Park
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1037875
- Date first listed:
- 17-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery
- Statutory Address 1:
- Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery, Alton Park
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery, Alton Park
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Farley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 07490 43365
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/01/2021 to update the name and reformat the text to current standards
SK 0643-0743
12/106
FARLEY C.P.
ALTON PARK
Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 27 metres south of The Orangery
(Formerly listed as Fountain, terrace walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial approximately 30 yards south of The Orangery)
GV
II
Fountain, walls, steps, lions, urns and sundial. Early C19. Ashlar. Two terrace walls, each approximately 46 metres long; the northern wall is bowed towards the south on each side of a central recess containing a fountain in the form of a staircase with a solid balustrade stepped upwards to the terrace wall, the ends are scrolled and surmounted by a pair of busts, three urns adorn the steps, central fountain head with scalloped shell motif above a shelf with antefixae; the southern wall is surmounted by six urns, roughly central steps flanked by a pair of crouching lions; between the two walls is a central sundial with square plan stepped base, bulbous pedestal moulded neck and square oversailing cap carrying copper gnomon.
This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: SK0749043365
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275101
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 38 Staffordshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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