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Listed Building: LION STATUE (1109087)

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Grade II*
Authority English Heritage
Volume/Map/Item 1039, 3, 49
Date assigned 13 February 1967
Date last amended 24 January 1986

Description

Statue on pedestal. c1760-70, the pedestal designed by Samuel Wyatt, the statue of a lion by Joseph Wilton. Ashlar. Pedestal has a moulded plinth, sunk panels with circular garlands on the long sides, and a dentil cornice. Standing Medicean lion with a forepaw raised and placed on a ball. (Formerly listed as Monument to Michael Drayton)

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Location

Grid reference SK 31171 40233 (point)
Map sheet SK34SW
Civil Parish KEDLESTON, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2014 2:23PM

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