Bronze Statue on a plinth in the E garden, Chirk, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9345 / 52°56'4"N

Longitude: -3.0891 / 3°5'20"W

OS Eastings: 326894

OS Northings: 338014

OS Grid: SJ268380

Mapcode National: GBR 72.M047

Mapcode Global: WH78C.JH6N

Plus Code: 9C4RWWM6+R9

Entry Name: Bronze Statue on a plinth in the E garden

Listing Date: 29 July 1998

Last Amended: 29 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20239

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300020239

Location: The figure stands at the S end of the top cross walk in the eastern gardens.

County: Wrexham

Town: Wrexham

Community: Chirk (Y Waun)

Community: Chirk

Locality: Chirk Castle

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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Bronze Statue on a plinth in the E garden

A Grade II Listed Building in Chirk, Wrexham