Plinth base
Category
Stone
Date
1725 - 1775
Materials
Portland stone and copper gnomon
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 518552
Summary
Sundial plinth under Tiw or Tyr statue [516622]. Comprising four faces with dials and bronze gnomon, front carved with a lion, a rose and a fleur-de-lys. The pedestal is not original to the statue. Of the gnomon attached to the plinth, only one is now original and three are new replacements. The three originals that have been replaced are in store.
Provenance
From the gardens at Stowe. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.