STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1368024
Date first listed:: 27-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS
Statutory Address:: STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1368024
Date first listed:: 27-Jul-1988
List Entry Name:: STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS
Statutory Address 1:: STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: STATUE OF DYING GAUL APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES SOUTH OF EAST TERRACE OF WATER TERRACE GARDENS

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County:: Oxfordshire
District:: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Blenheim
National Grid Reference:: SP4404315973

Details

BLENHEIM SP41NW 2/23 Statue of Dying Gaul approx. 5m S of East Terrace of Water Terrace Gardens GV II Statue of Dying Gaul. Probably early C18 but installed c.1930, by Achille Duchene. Lead statue surmounts limestone ashlar pedestal with moulded plinth and cornice and fretted frieze. (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I)

Listing NGR: SP4404315973

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire

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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.