Equestrian Statue Group Approximately 130 Metres South Of Orangery / The Hawking Party

Date:
7 May 2003
Location:
Equestrian Statue Group Approximately 130 Metres South Of Orangery, Silsoe, Mid Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HT
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The Hawking Party, Silsoe, Mid Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, MK45 4HT
Reference:
IOE01/10521/11
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Description

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

TL 0899 3521 SILSOE WREST PARK 13/185 Equestrian statue group approx. 130 metres S of Orangery

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Equestrian statue group known as the Hawking Party. Mid C19. Ashlar.

Supported by substantial plinth the whole structure stands approximately 6 metres high. Depicts woman mounted on prancing horse, her arm raised (possibly originally holding a hawk), with figures of man and boys running alongside. Plinth is rectangular, with moulded panels and cornice, and decorative volute diagonal buttresses. Raised on a mount which is encircled by trees.

Listing NGR: TL0899635207

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2175 IOE Records taken by Derek E Wharton; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Derek E. Wharton. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Wharton, Derek E.

Rights Holder: Wharton, Derek E.

Keywords

Ashlar, Georgian Statue, Victorian Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Sculpture, Garden Ornament, Street Furniture