A peaceful spot near the battleground for today on education provision at the Planning Inquiry.
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Hi Richard
Where is this peaceful spot. Looks very interesting!
Anna
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When you attend the closing stages of the Planning Inquiry at York House on 10 / 11 December 2024 go behind the house towards the river and into the gardens. You will find to the west end of the gardens The Naked Ladies, a Grade II listed statue complex on a rockery and water cascade. The larger than human size statues depict eight Oceanids and a pair of aquatic horses. They were carved in the fin de siècle style from white Carrara marble and probably came from Italy in the late nineteenth century or very early twentieth century.
Originally they were part of a larger set of statues which were divided. The statues spent several years as the backdrop for some of London’s grandest garden parties. They subsequently passed by default into public ownership, and suffered some vandalism, but have been restored and remain to this day on view in the corner of the municipal garden.
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