A view from the south-west showing the formal gardens and south facade of Longford Castle, with the statue of Fame in a cupola in the foreground

Date:
1890 - 1910
Location:
Longford Castle, Odstock, Wiltshire
Reference:
CC52/00571
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The formal garden shown in this photograph, in the form of a rectangular parterre, was laid out c1832. The statue of Fame, at the south end of the parterre, is by J M Rysbrack, 1767, while the cupola by William Privett of Chilmark dates from 1759.

Content

This is part of the Collection: WJD01 William James Day Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Sculptor: Rysbrack, J M

Photographer: Day, William James

Keywords

Elizabethan Country House, Georgian Statue, Hanoverian Parterre, Victorian Country House, Hanoverian Formal Garden