Vase and Pedestal to North West of the Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens

VASE AND PEDESTAL TO NORTH WEST OF THE FOUR SEASONS VASE IN MELBOURNE HALL GARDENS, CHURCH CLOSE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1096380
Date first listed:
10-Nov-1967
List Entry Name:
Vase and Pedestal to North West of the Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens
Statutory Address:
VASE AND PEDESTAL TO NORTH WEST OF THE FOUR SEASONS VASE IN MELBOURNE HALL GARDENS, CHURCH CLOSE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1096380
Date first listed:
10-Nov-1967
List Entry Name:
Vase and Pedestal to North West of the Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens
Statutory Address 1:
VASE AND PEDESTAL TO NORTH WEST OF THE FOUR SEASONS VASE IN MELBOURNE HALL GARDENS, CHURCH CLOSE

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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.

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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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
VASE AND PEDESTAL TO NORTH WEST OF THE FOUR SEASONS VASE IN MELBOURNE HALL GARDENS, CHURCH CLOSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Derbyshire
District:
South Derbyshire (District Authority)
Parish:
Melbourne
National Grid Reference:
SK 39136 24812

Details

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/86 (East Side) 10.11.67 Vase and Pedestal to North West of the Four Seasons Vase in Melbourne Hall Gardens I Vase and pedestal. c1704 pedestal by Devigne and late C18 urn. Erected as part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. Stone. Cylindrical pedestal on plain circular plinth has acanthus leaf decoration on base and moulded cornice. The sides are decorated with carved swags and baroque panels with initials 'TDC' inscribed in them, flanked by putti. Vase above is late C18 and has laurel leaf decoration on the base of the bowl and a Vitruvian scroll to the top. The lip is decorated in a Greek Key pattern and the lid has acanthus leaf carving. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63 for sources. '

Listing NGR: SK3913624812

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
83070
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Hussey, C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, (1967)
Anthony, J, Gardens of Britain, (1979)
Green, D, Gardener to Queen Anne, (1956)
Kerr, V, Melbourne Hall Gardens, (1984)
Pevsner, N, Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, (1978)
Country Life in 14 April, (1928), 526
Country Life in 23 September, (1899), 368
Country Life in 7 April, (1928), 492

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 10 Derbyshire,

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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