Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain

Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain, South Parterre, Castle Howard

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1316056
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain
Statutory Address:: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain, South Parterre, Castle Howard

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1316056
Date first listed:: 25-Jan-1954
Date of most recent amendment:: 22-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain
Statutory Address 1:: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain, South Parterre, Castle Howard

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Location

Statutory Address:: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain, South Parterre, Castle Howard

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Henderskelfe
National Grid Reference:: SE 71691 69843

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 January 2025 to reformat the text to current standards.

SE 7169 12/65

HENDERSKELFE Castle Howard SOUTH PARTERRE Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres south-east of Atlas Fountain

(formerly listed under "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues")

25.1.54 GV II* Statue of Apollo Belvedere and the pedestal on which it stands. Mid C18 statue by John Cheere; pedestal c1720, probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal approximately 2.5 metres in height, statue life size. Square three-course base carries drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and festoons.

Heavily decayed statue with its head and one arm missing, supported to rear by iron rod. Copied from a Roman copy of a bronze original by Leochares now in Vatican Museum, Rome.

Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 148. 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: SE7169169843

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Sources

Books and journals
Haskell, F, Penny, N , Taste and the Antique, (1981), 148
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,

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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.