Listed Building record MDR25168 - Two Pairs of Cherubs Southwest of Grand Basin, Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close, Melbourne

Two pairs of cherubs southwest of Grand Basin, Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close, Melbourne, of c1700 date. From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/75 (East Side) 10.11.67 Two Pairs of Cherubs to South-West of the Grand Basin in Melbourne Hall Gardens (formerly listed as 'Pair of pedestals with figures of fighting cupids on south side of garden, Melbourne Hall') GV I Two pairs of cherubs, c1700 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. Stone and lead. Each pair of cherubs stands on a panelled stone pedestal with moulded base and cornice. Western pair are kissing and eastern pair are fighting. These form a group with another two pairs of cherubs on the opposite side of the basin and tell the tale of Castor and his brother Pollux fighting over a bunch of flowers and their eventual reconciliation. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. See item 6/63 for sources. Listing NGR: SK3914424944.' (1)