Pedestal and Statue of Spinario
PEDESTAL AND STATUE OF SPINARIO, SOUTH PARTERRE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1296457
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Pedestal and Statue of Spinario
- Statutory Address:
- PEDESTAL AND STATUE OF SPINARIO, SOUTH PARTERRE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1296457
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Pedestal and Statue of Spinario
- Statutory Address 1:
- PEDESTAL AND STATUE OF SPINARIO, SOUTH PARTERRE
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:
- PEDESTAL AND STATUE OF SPINARIO, SOUTH PARTERRE
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 71722 69808
Details
HENDERSKELFE SOUTH PARTERRE SE 7169 (south-east corner) 12/64 Pedestal and statue of Spinario (formerly listed 25.1.54 under "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues")
GV I Composite pedestal and statue of Spinario. c1720. Pedestal by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal approximately 4.5 metres in height, statue life size. Central rectangular pier surmounted by drum pedestal, flanked by rectangular buttresses with raised panels, each carrying an urn with festoons and finial on shaped base. Moulded base and cornices. Statue of Spinario, a seated boy removing a thorn from his foot. Copied from a Roman original now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 308. Hussey C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1967. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.
Listing NGR: SE7172269808
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 329020
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Haskell, F, Penny, N, Taste and the Antique, (1981), 308
Hussey, C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, (1967)
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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