Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Fountain in Venetian Garden at Kinmel
Location
The fountain stands at the centre of the Venetian Garden, in front of the W elevation of Kinmel.
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
Built c1870-75 as part of the formal west garden to Kinmel, and probably designed in the office of W A Nesfield, landscape designer and father of the architect for the new house. The fountain itself may be later in date.
Exterior
Circular bowl with a rolled stone margin, approximately 15m in diameter, and having a central marble fountain, probably of later date; 4 shell bowls carried on the backs of crouching sea-horses. Above, putti ride dolphins whose tails intertwine upwards to a shallow lead-lined bowl. The interior of the pond slopes steeply to the centre.
Reason for designation
Listed as the key element in the Venetian garden; part of the setting of this nationally important country house.
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