Statue of Farnese Hercules and Pedestal
STATUE OF FARNESE HERCULES AND PEDESTAL, TERRACE WALK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1173011
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Farnese Hercules and Pedestal
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF FARNESE HERCULES AND PEDESTAL, TERRACE WALK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1173011
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Farnese Hercules and Pedestal
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF FARNESE HERCULES AND PEDESTAL, TERRACE WALK
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 FARNESE HERCULES AND PEDESTAL, TERRACE WALK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Henderskelfe
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 71860 70023
Details
HENDERSKELFE TERRACE WALK SE 7170 (south side) 11/81 Statue of Farnese Hercules and pedestal (formerly listed under 25.1.54 "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues") GV TT* Statue of Farnese Hercules and the plinth on which it stands. Statue 1723 by Andrew Carpenter. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal 2.25 metres, statue life size. 2 steps up to pedestal with cavetto-moulded base and sunk panels bearing garlands carved in relief and egg-and-dart cornice. Statue of the Farnese Hercules, a very muscular, bearded figure, from a C3 AD copy of a Greek original, now in Museo Nationale, Naples. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 229. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.
Listing NGR: SE7185970024
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 329037
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Haskell, F, Penny, N, Taste and the Antique, (1981)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,
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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