Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18679
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/1997
Date of Amendment
05/08/1997
Name of Property
Columns in the quadrants of the Venetian Garden at Kinmel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Abergele
Town
Abergele
Locality
Kinmel
Easting
297996
Northing
374971
Street Side
Location
The W Venetian garden is laid out geometrically, with a central pond, clipped yew trees, and features in the four quadrants.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The origin of the column, now divided into two separate sections, is not known; it probably came from Egypt as a spoil from a grand tour, and circulated in various aristocratic locations before arriving in the present garden.
Exterior
Two halves of a giant porphry column, c62cm in diameter and totalling approximately 4m high, with entasis and neck fillet, set inelegantly in the two W quadrants of the garden, surrounded by a small circular limestone kerb.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for their historic interest and as part of the Venetian garden at the
Grade I Kinmel.
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