Statue In T Canal, Westbury Court Gardens

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE

11/281 Statue in T canal, Westbury Court Gardens

GV II

Statue; probably mid C17 on early C18 base; ashlar stone. Square plinth carrying statue, standing at top of T canal. Offset just above water level; plinth with moulded top, tall base with moulded cornice. Above a short square base to statue set back behind face of base. Statue of Neptune, left foot on a dolphin, left arm holds tail against his hip, right arm raised, bearded face; cloak falls down from shoulders, lying over dolphin. Statue considered to be mid C17, in style of Nicholas Stone; plinth is of same date as canal, however, probably 1715-'25. Forms part of group with boundary wall and gazebo, (g.v.). (G. Jackson-Stops, Westbury Court Garden, revised 1984, for National Trust).

Listing NGR: SO7185713922

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1850 IOE Records taken by Derek Simmonds; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Derek Simmonds. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project