Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace
GROUP OF 6 TERMS AND STATUE OF 4 PUTTI AT EXEDRA APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF BLENHEIM PALACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1203404
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace
- Statutory Address:
- GROUP OF 6 TERMS AND STATUE OF 4 PUTTI AT EXEDRA APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF BLENHEIM PALACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1203404
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Group of 6 Terms and Statue of 4 Putti at Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROUP OF 6 TERMS AND STATUE OF 4 PUTTI AT EXEDRA APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF BLENHEIM PALACE
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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:
- GROUP OF 6 TERMS AND STATUE OF 4 PUTTI AT EXEDRA APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF BLENHEIM PALACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Blenheim
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 44459 15802
Details
BLENHEIM SP41NW 2/15 Group of 6 terms and statue of 4 putti at Exedra approx. 400m SE of south front of Blenheim Palace GV II Group of 6 terms. 1772, by Richard Hayward. Limestone. Depict Hecate (opening urn of serpents), bearded philosopher (probably Aristotle), Bacchus, Cicero, Fawn holding sheep's head and Hercules. Terms grouped in circle around lead statue of 4 putti. Moved to late C19 exedra of yew hedges by Tenth Duke of Marlborough from their original position in the arcades of the Great Hall in Blenheim Palace. (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p475)
Listing NGR: SP4445915802
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252997
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 475
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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