Listed Building: LEAD STATUE AND CARVED UNICORNS' HEADS ON SECTION OF WALL BEHIND FISHPOND TO EAST OF ADLINGTON HALL (1138853)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 203, 3, 25
Date assigned 06 July 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 98 SW ADLINGTON C.P. MILL LANE (South Side) 3/25 Lead statue and carved unicorns' heads on section of wall behind fishpond to east of Adlington Hall. GV II Lead statue and carved unicorns heads: mid C18 for Charles Legh but statue moved from Wilderness garden and unicorns' heads from the tops of the Pillars c1960. Large lead statue of a reclining nude, bearded, male figure resting on his elbow and tipping a gadrooned urn forward. It is now on a rough stone plinth. Said to be Father Tiber. On the brick wall behind are 2 former capstones of gate piers. These are in buff sandstone and have fine carved unicorns' heads placed to face each other. This is the Legh's emblem. Listing NGR: SJ9051080476

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58191. [Mapped features: #2715 58191; #8021 58191]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9051 8047 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ98SW
Civil Parish ADLINGTON, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Feb 20 2012 10:10AM