Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20239
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/1998
Date of Amendment
29/07/1998
Name of Property
Bronze Statue on a plinth in the E garden
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Chirk
Town
Wrexham
Locality
Chirk Castle
Easting
326894
Northing
338014
Street Side
Location
The figure stands at the S end of the top cross walk in the eastern gardens.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The figure is one of four in the gardens undertaken by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, sculptor, 1860-1924.
Exterior
The figure is cast in bronze, and depicts a partly draped female with long hair clutching a bunch of lilies to her bosom, whilst trampling a snake underfoot. It stands on a bronze domical plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a work of sculpture of the aesthetic movement of the late C19 - early C20, one of four embellishing the formal gardens carried out for Lady Howard de Walden at Chirk Castle.
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