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Listed Building record MDR25074 - Stone Fountain South of Lower Terrace, Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close, Melbourne

Type and Period (1)

  • (Stuart to 21st Century - 1704 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Stone fountain south of lower terrace, Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close, Melbourne, built c1704. From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 39/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/71 (East Side) 10.11.67 Stone Fountain to North of Lower Terrace in Melbourne Hall Gardens GV I Fountain with central statue. c1704, with later repairs. Statue by Jan van Nost. Erected as part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall with work carried out by William Cook of Walcot. Stone and lead. Circular stone pool with moulded nosings to copings and plain pedestal to centre, topped by small lead statue of a boy with a fountain coming from his hand. Designed as a pair to similar fountain to south. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63 for sources. Listing NGR: SK3911825039.' (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1204317?section=official-list-entry.

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Grid reference SK 39113 24936 (point)
Civil Parish MELBOURNE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Mar 15 2026 2:29AM

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