Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo
STATUE OF APOLLO AT END OF LONG WALK AND APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE TEMPLE OF ECHO
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199424
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF APOLLO AT END OF LONG WALK AND APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE TEMPLE OF ECHO
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199424
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1957
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Apollo at End of Long Walk and Approximately 12 Metres South East of the Temple of Echo
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF APOLLO AT END OF LONG WALK AND APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE TEMPLE OF ECHO
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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 APOLLO AT END OF LONG WALK AND APPROXIMATELY 12 METRES SOUTH EAST OF THE TEMPLE OF ECHO
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rousham
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 47811 24595
Details
ROUSHAM ROUSHAM PARK GARDENS SP4724 14/233 Statue of Apollo at end of 27/08/57 Long Walk and approx. 12m SE of Temple of Echo (Formerly listed under Statue on pedestal so called Antinous or Apollo...) GV II* Statue. Erected c.1739. Lead statue of Apollo stands on limestone pedestal with moulded plinth and cornice. Part of the landscape gardens laid out by William Kent between 1733 and 1740. (Rousham Park is included in the H.B.M.C. Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire; p746; C. Hussey, English Gardens and Landscapes, 1700-1750, 1967, p151)
Listing NGR: SP4781124595
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252889
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 746
Hussey, C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, (1967), 151
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
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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