The Strid - The Rockery - Chatsworth Gardens - Beyond Limits: Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick 1984
The Rockery at Chatsworth Gardens.
This was one of the most ambitious rock gardens of its time and is entirely artificial. In 1838 the 6th Duke invited Paxton to join him on a Grand Tour of Europe and Paxton built the Rockery as a reminder of their journey through the Alps. He invented a steam-powered machine to lift the locally quarried gritstone rocks into position.
Below the Rockery, Paxton built the Strid, an imitation of the Strid at Bolton Abbey, the Duke's North Yorkshire estate.
Sculptures for Beyond Limits.
Exhibition runs from 8th September to 26th October 2014.
Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick 1984
The Strid - The Rockery - Chatsworth Gardens - Beyond Limits: Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick 1984
The Rockery at Chatsworth Gardens.
This was one of the most ambitious rock gardens of its time and is entirely artificial. In 1838 the 6th Duke invited Paxton to join him on a Grand Tour of Europe and Paxton built the Rockery as a reminder of their journey through the Alps. He invented a steam-powered machine to lift the locally quarried gritstone rocks into position.
Below the Rockery, Paxton built the Strid, an imitation of the Strid at Bolton Abbey, the Duke's North Yorkshire estate.
Sculptures for Beyond Limits.
Exhibition runs from 8th September to 26th October 2014.
Couple on Seat by Lynn Chadwick 1984