Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1087675
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
- Statutory Address:
- Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1087675
- Date first listed:
- 22-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wetheral
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 47066 54039
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 April 2022 to remove superfluous amendment details and to reformat the text to current standards
NY 4754
15/142
WETHERAL
GREAT CORBY
Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
G.V.
II *
Statue. Early C18 for Thomas Howard of Corby Castle. Carved red sandstone. 4 metres in height, figure of Polyphemus, holding staff in one hand and reed-pipes in the other. Pevsner describes it as "wondrously badly carved, but just for that reason very engaging". Of same date as cascade nearby (1708-1729) as Polyphemus is noted by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, on a visit in 1734. A feature on riverside walk in the grounds of Corby Castle and included for G.V. with the nearby cascade.
See; N. Pevsner, Buildings of England, 1967, Cumberland & Westmorland, W.A.J. Prevost, Corby and the Corby Giant, Trans., Cumberland & Westmorland, Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. lxxix, 1979, p.99-102.
Listing NGR: NY4706654039
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 77724
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, (1967)
Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society in Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 79, (), 99-102
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 9 Cumbria,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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