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Shots from The Parterre outside Blickling Hall.

This is the fountain in The Parterre.

The fountain is Grade II listed.

Garden fountain. Late C16/early C17. Limestone. Hexagonal central shaft with consoles below bowl on three faces. Three scroll-topped buttresses with drapery folds and head-spouts. Three gadrooned bowls between buttresses; circular gadrooned top bowl, probably later. All set in a circular pool. The fountain was acquired from Oxnead Hall c.1731 by the first Earl of Buckinghamshire, it was moved to its present position during the re- organisation of the gardens in 1872. Ref: "Blickling Hall" The National Trust 1985.

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A couple look at the sun dial on the ground. Behind up the steps is the Doric Temple.
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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camera location52° 48′ 40.46″ N, 1° 13′ 55.79″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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