Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Region ID | LL | |
Work ID | 233 | |
Manual Reference | CHMF0003 | |
Type | Building | |
Title | Choragic Monument of Lysicrates | |
Designer | Cole of Chester, William | |
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Precise Location | at the end of the Broad Walk, Tatton Park | |
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Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | Cheshire County Council / National Trust | |
Commissioned by | Wilbraham Egerton in 1820 | |
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Circular temple on square stepped base. Square platform supporting three steps of diminishing height above which are two courses of horizontally rusticated stonework with ledge above. Circular plinth to monument above this supporting six Corinthian columns. Full entablature above but without decorated frieze of Greek original. Antefixae to roof edge and floral ornament at apex.(1) | ||
An interpretation of the Choragic Monument to Lysicrates but without the inner drum behind the colonnade.(3) The monument is now shorn of its original wider square platform with a flight of steps to each side and balustrades, due to subsidence in the mid- 1960s. It is hoped to reinstate the plinth at a later date. The monument was added to the gardens to give a note of finality to the garden tour and to terminate the vista looking down the length of the Broad Walk.(4) | ||
Lysicrates, the famous leader of the Greek Chorus.(2) | ||
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Condition | Don't know | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
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Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
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ashlar | ||
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
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No damage | |
Structural Condition
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None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
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None | |