Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1173045
Date first listed:: 22-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:: Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal
Statutory Address:: Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1173045
Date first listed:: 22-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:: Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal
Statutory Address 1:: Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal

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Statutory Address:: Walled Garden Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Henderskelfe
National Grid Reference:: SE 71491 69956

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 April 2022 to remove superfluous amendment details and to reformat the text to current standards

SE 7169 12/88

HENDERSRELFE WALLED GARDEN Castle Howard Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal

GV II*

Statue of Venus de Medici and pedestal on which it stands. Early C18. Pedestal probably by Hawksmoor. Pedestal approximately one metre in height, statue life size. Drum pedestal on moulded base, with festoons and moulded cornice. Statue of Venus based on classical original.

Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 327.

HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7149169956

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Sources

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Haskell, F, Penny, N , Taste and the Antique, (1981), 327
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 32 North Yorkshire,

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