each plaque, slightly coved in plan, carved in deep relief with a winged putto driving a chariot, on one tablet the chariot drawn by a pair of galloping stags (with original lead antlers), on the other goats; each putto raises a whip as they career towards each other,

Tehidy House was rebuilt in two phases in the mid-eighteenth century and these plaques belong to one of them. In old photographs taken after the fire that consumed the house in 1919 – just after it had been bought for use as a Tuberculosis Hospital – they can be seen flanking windows high on a curved bay on one of the facades of the main house (hence their coved form). Many of the materials of the house were re-used in order to put up a smaller building in the grounds. The footprint of the house was turned into a sunken garden using the basement room. These plaques were retained as ornaments in this garden. The estate was sold in 1988 to become luxury apartments.