Duke of Argyll's Monument
Duke of Argyll's Monument, Stainborough Park
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1151064
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Duke of Argyll's Monument
- Statutory Address:
- Duke of Argyll's Monument, Stainborough Park
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1151064
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1968
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Duke of Argyll's Monument
- Statutory Address 1:
- Duke of Argyll's Monument, Stainborough Park
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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:
- Duke of Argyll's Monument, Stainborough Park
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Barnsley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Stainborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 32245 02420
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 May 2022 to remove superfluous source details from text and to reformat the text to current standards
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STAINBOROUGH
STAINBOROUGH PARK
Duke of Argyll's Monument
(formerly listed as Duke of Argyll's Monument Wentworth Castle)
18.3.68
II*
Monumental column with statue. Dated 1744. By Joseph Bower (estate mason) for the Second Earl of Strafford in memory of the Duke of Argyll. Ashlar sandstone. Fluted Corinthian column set on pedestal and surmounted by a female statue. Moulded base; square die inscribed: 'TO THE MEMORY / OF HIS GRACE / JOHN DUKE OF ARGYLL / AND GREENWICH / who died October ye 4th 1743 / This Collumn was Dedicated in / 1744'; cornice. Statue depicts a woman in flowing robes originally intended to represent Fame but subsequently variously described as Victory, Minerva or (in previous list description) Britannia.
In April 1741, William, Second Earl of Strafford, married Lady Anne Campbell, daughter of the Duke of Argyll, whose death gave William the excuse for the tallest of his landscape ornaments.
Listing NGR: SE3224502420
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 333916
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wilkinson, J, Worthies Families and Celebrities of Barnsley and the District, (1883), 450
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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