Painswick Rococo Gardens - The Exedra - front view
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Painswick Rococo Gardens - The Exedra - front view
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 19 Sep 2015
This curious structure is called The Exedra - it is an entirely modern (1990s) reconstruction of a disappeared original feature which was shown on Robins' 1748 painting of the gardens. It is a white-painted wooden screen with seven Gothic ogee arches and surmounted by a row of castellations or battlements and eight pinnacles. see also Image] Rococo Gardens EH Grade II* listing here http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000123
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