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The Paradise Well

A Grade I Listed Building in Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1051 / 51°6'18"N

Longitude: -2.324 / 2°19'26"W

OS Eastings: 377411

OS Northings: 134022

OS Grid: ST774340

Mapcode National: GBR 0TV.M81

Mapcode Global: VH97Z.NHR7

Plus Code: 9C3V4M4G+29

Entry Name: The Paradise Well

Listing Date: 6 January 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1283514

English Heritage Legacy ID: 321254

ID on this website: 101283514

Location: Stourton, Wiltshire, BA12

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Stourton with Gasper

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Upper Stour

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


STOURTON WITH GASPER STOURHEAD GARDENS
ST 73 SE
(east side)
6/148 The Paradise Well
6.1.66
GV I
Urn over spring head. Probably late C18. Limestone square plinth
and base to circular wide-bodied urn with fluting and scrolled
frieze. Stands on a brick spring head with 2 arched openings.
Urn shown on an 1813 painting by F. Nicholson, but on the other
side of the path; it was moved to its present site by Henry Hoare,
6th Baronet.
(K. Woodbridge, The Stourhead Landscape, 1982)


Listing NGR: ST7741134022

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