Garden Ornaments Around the East Lawn, to the East of Mount Edgcumbe House
GARDEN ORNAMENTS AROUND THE EAST LAWN, TO THE EAST OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE HOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1161107
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Ornaments Around the East Lawn, to the East of Mount Edgcumbe House
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN ORNAMENTS AROUND THE EAST LAWN, TO THE EAST OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE HOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2003-03-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/10058/18
- Rights:
- © Anne Newell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1161107
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Ornaments Around the East Lawn, to the East of Mount Edgcumbe House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GARDEN ORNAMENTS AROUND THE EAST LAWN, TO THE EAST OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE HOUSE
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.
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:
- GARDEN ORNAMENTS AROUND THE EAST LAWN, TO THE EAST OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Maker-with-Rame
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4535252744
Details
SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK
7/184 Garden ornaments around the East
Lawn, to the east of Mount Edgcumbe
House
GV II
Garden ornaments, including 4 statues, balustrade, piers, sundial, urns and steps.
Mid C19. The balustrade encloses the East Lawn by a north/south range and an
east/west range. The statues are at the east end of the lawn. There is a path
along the central east/west axis of the lawn, with sundial to centre with 4 urns
arranged in a square around it. At the west end of the path are 4 more urns.
Statue of Minerva, with helmet, serpent and staff, on square pedestal. Statue of
Diana, painted, with quiver of arrows and stag, on square pedestal which is rendered
and lined out. State of Mercury with pan pipes, painted, on square pedestal with
moulded base and top. Statue of draped seated figure, with sheathed sword and
infant at his feet, on stone pedestal with rounded front and cornice. The statues
are casts in Roman style.
The balustrade extends about 50 metres in the north/south range and about 40 metres
in the east/west range. Column balusters with plain dies on plain plinth with
moulded top rail. In the east/west range, at the south east corner, a pedestal with
a pineapple finial. Balustrade bowed out off-centre to north east, with pedestal to
left and right of bow, surmounted by limestone urns with swags of flowers; 3 steps
down from the East Lawn. The north/south range has a pair of plain square pedestals
with similar urns with swags, on each side of a flight of 7 steps with short
flanking walls with small urn to each side. At the north west end of this range, a
terminal pier with a similar urn with swags.
The sundial is a fluted limestone baluster, with bronze plate with gnomon, by
Lancaster of Devonport. 4 urns on plain pedestals around the sundial and 4 similar
urns at the west end of the path.
Listing NGR: SX4535252744
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61840
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 8 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 28-Jun-2026 at 01:11:25.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.