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© Mr David Karran
IoE Number:
465358
Location:
ARMLEY PARK PLAQUE APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES WEST OF FOUNTAIN, STANNINGLEY ROAD (north off)
LEEDS, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr David Karran
Date Photographed:
20 June 2001
Date listed:
11 September 1996
Date of last amendment:
11 September 1996
Grade
II
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LEEDS
SE2633 STANNINGLEY ROAD, Armley
714-1/32/491 (North side (off))
Armley Park: plaque approximately
40m west of fountain
GV II
Garden ornament. Late C19. Glazed terracotta plaque set in an
artificial stone mound. Plaque approx 1m long, Classical
female winged figure in high relief, one foot balanced on a
crowned winged mask, hands supporting a vase with grotesque
mask and flowers. Tile border has birds and fruit in shallow
relief. Blue and brown shades, the plaque fired in one piece,
it is one of a pair (qv). Now incorporated into a hedge, the
mound overgrown with ivy.
Probably a product of the Burmantofts factory, possibly set
here when the park was established, c1897.