Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
ANN BOLEYN'S SEAT AT THE SURPRISE VIEW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174017
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
- Statutory Address:
- ANN BOLEYN'S SEAT AT THE SURPRISE VIEW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174017
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
- Statutory Address 1:
- ANN BOLEYN'S SEAT AT THE SURPRISE VIEW
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:
- ANN BOLEYN'S SEAT AT THE SURPRISE VIEW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 28291 68504
Details
SE 2868
9/87
LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS
STUDLEY PARK
Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
GV
II
Shelter. Probably before 1790, rebuilt C19 and restored C20. For William
Aislabie. Wood. West front: 3 slender Gothick arches supported by
quatrefoil columns; elaborate crenellated parapet. Single-pitch roof.
Rear: narrow entrance, woodwork renewed, crenellated parapet. Left and
right returns: solid, restored. Interior: concrete floor and plinths for
columns. The structure was originally described as a 'sashed Gothic
temple'. There was a seat at the Surprise View in 1790 and an arched
shelter is shown in an engraving of 1828 (W T C Walker, personal
communication). The name Ann Boleyn is associated with the site because a
large headless statue was erected nearby in the C18. Probably the same
statue (an armless as well as headless female in classical drapery and
originally over 3 metres tall) is now in the sacristy at the base of Huby's
Tower at Fountains Abbey.
Listing NGR: SE2829168504
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 331091
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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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