The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
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A scallop capital, column and base have been re-erected in the shrubbery bordering the square. The capital was so large it was made in two pieces. The column may not be full-height. The features are much eroded.
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Forbury Gardens is a public park occupying part of the area of the abbey nave and the precinct. It is bounded by Forbury Road on the N, the Forbury on the W, Abbots Walk on the S and St James's RC church, Priest House and former school to the E. The park was formally laid out in 1857-59 and a tunnel connecting the park with the abbey ruuins was constructed towards the end of that period, at the SE corner of the park. Abbey material found during the construction work was incorporated into various structures in and around the park: the Forbury arch that covers the tunnel linking the park and the ruins; a grotto in the NE angle of the park; and the outside of the E wall of the park. This faces the W wall of the complex that includes St James's RC church, and carved stones set in that are included in the report on St James, Reading.
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The Abbey Gardens are situated by the River Severn next to the English Bridge that connects the centre of Shrewsbury with the area known as Abbey Foregate close to the Abbey of the Holy Cross. In the gardens is a 12thc font, displayed as a decorative feature and sometimes used as a planter.
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The Westgate Gardens is a public park by the Westgate in Canterbury, along the Great Stour River. In the park is a Romanesque arch which appears to have no immediate context and has almost certainly been reset. The site was a private house until around 1850 and it was made into a public park in 1936.
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The Abbey Gardens occupy a large site bounded by Angel Hill to the W, Mustow Street to the N, the River Lark to the E and the cathedral and abbey ruins to the south. Officially the abbey ruins are part of the Abbey Gardens, but we have found it to convenient to treat them as separate sites. Access is normally through the Great Gate of the abbey on Angel Hill. The area of the Abbey Gardens is approximately 11 acres (4.5 hectares). It is divided into named areas, and carved stones have been found in the Remembrance Garden at the SW of the site, in the Pilgrim's Herb Garden next to it, and alongside the Marquis of Bristol's sundial and fountain in the formal garden just inside the Great Gate.
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Caversham Court was a mansion on the N bank of the Thames in Caversham, a suburb of Reading, and is now a public park running down from the site of the house to the river. The retaining wall of the E-W terrace walk of Caversham Court include a pair of gate piers flanking a flight of steps leading down towards the river, and into these piers are set a pair of 12thc. head corbels similar to those from Reading Abbey and assumed to come from that house.