Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stone Vase on East Bank of gardens at Powis Castle
Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys, designated on 29 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Defence
- Date of designation
- 29 February 1996
- Locality
- Powis Castle
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.64896, -3.15833
- Cadw reference
- 16788
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The vase is set in a clearing among the trees of the E bank, towards the E boundary of the garden, and on a major axis with the main castle building.
Exterior
History: Little appears to be known about the origins of this vase: the wilderness garden which forms its setting was laid out in the 1770's, but the vase may have its origins elsewhere in the gardens, and it is possible that it was intended for the Baroque water garden (largely completed by 1705) that occupied the flat land at the base of the garden terraces. The Bucks' Perspective View of Powis Castle' of 1742 certainly shows a pair of vases or fountains of similar form.
Description: Stone. A wide shallow basin is supported on a fluted stem, carried on an oval base with moulded panels.
The vase forms an eye-catcher at its prominent position aligned with the central axis of the castle, and is a fine example of garden sculpture.
Nearby in the register
- The Garden HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Apple Slope Terrace in Gardens at Powis CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- Gate to Fountain GardenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Orangery Terrace in Gardens at Powis CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.