Four statues along crescent path near south west end of Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1124333
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: Four statues along crescent path near south west end of Waddesdon Manor
Statutory Address:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1124333
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: Four statues along crescent path near south west end of Waddesdon Manor
Statutory Address 1:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Waddesdon
National Grid Reference:: SP 73234 16456

Details

SP 7216-7316 10/153

WADDESDON WADDESDON MANOR GROUNDS Four statues along crescent path near south west end of Waddesdon Manor

GV II Four statues. C18-C19 copies of antique pieces. Carved white marble. Female figures copied from:

a) Diana of Gabii. b) Ceres (Vatican Museum). c) The Muse Euterpe (National Museum, Stockholm) d) The Muse Polyhymnia (Louvre)

All are of less than life size and stand on cylindrical stone pedestals with moulded bases and cornices. (Catalogue Nos. 95-98)

Listing NGR: SP7323416456

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 42300
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Hodgkinson, T, The James A de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor Sculpture, (1970), 95-98
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 4 Buckinghamshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.