Description

WETHERAL GREAT CORBY
NY 4754
Cascade to west of
15/141 Corby castle ,
1.4.57 formerly listed under
Byre Hill Farm

G.V. I

Cascade and summer house. Between 1708 and 1729 for Thomas Howard of Corby
Castle. Red sandstone ashlar. Venetian summer house with cascade of 4 steps
leading to oval pond, with terrace and river wall. Summer house consists of a
shallow portico, with Venetian opening surmounted by carved figures of mermaids,
Neptune and a lion. Between central columns is a dragon's head water spout and
3 headed lions at the sides. Inside are statues of draped male and female
figures. Various arched steps (one of which has a grotto behind) form cascade
beneath, falling about 10 metres to the pond, which formerly had a fountain in
the centre, (see Buck's engraving of Wetheral Priory, 1739) but now has statue
of Nelson. At the water's edge there is a retaining wall of sandstone, repaired
with brick, with steps leading through an arched opening to form a water gate.
Thomas Howard wrote plays which were enacted in the cascade, see Country Life, 7
January 1954, p.34.

Listing NGR: NY4709254112

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530573

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  For the Record
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)