I've never understood the Victorians' passion for putting Greek urns everywhere. I appreciate they developed a love for classical antiquity; but they couldn't stop themselves reproducing urns as garden features, vases and even architectural features - as here at the Old Waterworks at Hatton.
Seen with a 21st Century eye (ie mine), it looks kinda obsessive.
It does look pretty though. I don't think it was as heavily incorporated into architecture here.
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