Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues E of Orangery Chatsworth, England
Listed Building Data
Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues E of Orangery has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1088177
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 19 June 1987
- Name
- FLIGHT OF STEPS WITH URNS AND STATUES EAST OF ORANGERY
- Location
- FLIGHT OF STEPS WITH URNS AND STATUES EAST OF ORANGERY
- Parish
- Chatsworth
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 26107 70185
- Easting
- 426107.1530
- Northing
- 370184.6830
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2670 6/64 Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues, East of Orangery GV II Flight of steps with urns and statues. Early C19, part of the Sixth Duke of Devonshire's remodelling of the gardens. Sandstone ashlar and Carrara marble. Straight flight of stone steps flanked by stepped parapet walls. The foot of the steps is flanked by two statues of sitting dogs, based on the C2 Dog of Alcibiades. At the top of the steps are two urns of Carrara marble, with relief carving. As a centre piece looking down the steps is a larger and more sumptuous urn on a carved pedestal, both in Carrara marble. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Listing NGR: SK2610770185
