Canons Ashby House, Statue of Shepherd Boy in Green Court
CANONS ASHBY HOUSE, STATUE OF SHEPHERD BOY IN GREEN COURT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343563
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Canons Ashby House, Statue of Shepherd Boy in Green Court
- Statutory Address:
- CANONS ASHBY HOUSE, STATUE OF SHEPHERD BOY IN GREEN COURT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343563
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Canons Ashby House, Statue of Shepherd Boy in Green Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- CANONS ASHBY HOUSE, STATUE OF SHEPHERD BOY IN GREEN COURT
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:
- CANONS ASHBY HOUSE, STATUE OF SHEPHERD BOY IN GREEN COURT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Canons Ashby
- National Grid Reference:
- SP5767850687
Details
SP5750
19/30
CANONS ASHBY
Canons Ashby House, statue of shepherd boy in Green Court
GV
II
Garden statue. c.1710 probably by John Nost (Jan Van Nost). Lead on limestone
base. Shepherd boy playing a flute and wearing wide-brimmed hat, coat, belt with
water bottle to left side, loose breeches and boots. His left arm is resting on
a tree stump and he is standing in 'contraposto' pose. A small dog lies at his
feet. Stone pedestal with moulded base and cornice and panelled sides. The
statue formerly stood in the park on the same axis at the point where the former
main drive from the gates on the Preston Capes road turned at right angles to
enter the present Green Court to Canons Ashby House (g.v.).
(Canons Ashby gardens and park are included in the HBMC Register of Gardens at
Grade II*; National Trust Guide 1984, p.28).
Listing NGR: SP5767850687
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 360520
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
National Trust Guide, (1984), 28
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 30 Northamptonshire,
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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