Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Statue by the lily pond in the E Garden
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk Castle, Wrexham, Chirk, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Chirk Castle
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93362, -3.08546
- Cadw reference
- 20242
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The statue stands on the edge of the circular lily pond at the lower end of the gardens.
History
One of four bronze statues by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, the caster's name ponly partially legible as A Pach... Tranda(?) of London, placed in the E gardens of the Castle.
Exterior
The statue of cast bronze portrays a naked nymph quite properly rejecting the idea of plunging into the pool.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial in front of the Hawk House in the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Hawk House in the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Ha-ha at the E end of the E GardenGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Medieval Font in the E GardenReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.