Statue Group in Circular Garden 200 Metres West of Rothamsted Manor House
STATUE GROUP IN CIRCULAR GARDEN 200 METRES WEST OF ROTHAMSTED MANOR HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1102966
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Statue Group in Circular Garden 200 Metres West of Rothamsted Manor House
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE GROUP IN CIRCULAR GARDEN 200 METRES WEST OF ROTHAMSTED MANOR HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1102966
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Statue Group in Circular Garden 200 Metres West of Rothamsted Manor House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE GROUP IN CIRCULAR GARDEN 200 METRES WEST OF ROTHAMSTED MANOR HOUSE
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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 GROUP IN CIRCULAR GARDEN 200 METRES WEST OF ROTHAMSTED MANOR HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- St. Albans (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Harpenden Rural
- National Grid Reference:
- TL1233013106
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/01/2013
TL 11 SW
5/87
HARPENDEN RURAL
HATCHING GREEN
(west side)
Statue group in circular
garden 200 metres W of
Rothamsted Manor House.
GV
II
Garden statue. 1908 by Sir Charles Lawes - Wittewronge, then the
owner of Rothamsted Manor. Monumental group sculpture based on
the Farnese Bull. Hellenistic style. White marble. Entitled
the Death of Dirce it stands about 5 metres high with an oval
plinth. Three figures are in dramatic struggle with a bull,
their names inscribed in Greek on a rocky base strewn with
armour. Dirke is a captive semi-nude figure on the back of the
bull; Zithos attacks the bull with a hooked pike while Amphion
wrestles with it from below with a rope. The plinth is about one
and a half metres high and has a moulded base. It was exhibited
in Rome in 1911. (Pevsner (1977)).
Listing NGR: TL1233013106
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163621
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
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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