Restoration
The Diana Fountain
CLIENT
The Royal Parks
PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR
Paye Stonework and Restoration
VALUE
£385,000
LOCATION
Bushy Park, London
The Diana Fountain was designed in 1637 by Hubert Le Sueur at the request of King Charles I. The bronze statue is set on a stone and marble fountain, surrounded by four boys, four water nymphs and four shells.
Located since 1713 in Bushy Park in the middle of Chestnut Avenue (which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren), the fountain sits in the centre of a 400ft (120m) diameter pond.
Access to the fountain was via an innovative floating bridge, which once constructed allowed our expert team to clean and repair the fountain and re-gild Diana. Additional work was undertaken to the parameter of the pond to rebed the coping stone and repoint the brickwork.
The results are stunning