Benedict Mackay:
Turn left and walk through another alleyway back to the Common. Walk right, alongside the pond on the left Thomas says of this ornamental pond... Empty it was, and the sodden bed did not improve the look of the Common — flat by nature, flatter by recent art. The gorse was in bloom amidst a patchwork of turf, gravel and puddle.26
Today's pond belies that description; much thought and care has been invested in this small two-part lake and its setting.
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