Statue of Circe at West End of Central Garden
STATUE OF CIRCE AT WEST END OF CENTRAL GARDEN, PARK SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375465
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Circe at West End of Central Garden
- Statutory Address:
- STATUE OF CIRCE AT WEST END OF CENTRAL GARDEN, PARK SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375465
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Statue of Circe at West End of Central Garden
- Statutory Address 1:
- STATUE OF CIRCE AT WEST END OF CENTRAL GARDEN, PARK SQUARE
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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:
- STATUE OF CIRCE AT WEST END OF CENTRAL GARDEN, PARK SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 29588 33716
Details
LEEDS
SE2933NE PARK SQUARE 714-1/75/328 Statue of Circe at west end of 05/08/76 central garden (Formerly Listed as: PARK SQUARE Statue at west end of Central Garden)
GV II
Statue. c1895. By Alfred Drury. Purchased 1895 by Leeds City Art Gallery. Bronze. Octagonal plinth with Classical motifs and Greek mask flanked by 3 swine and a vase with spilt grapes; nude female figure, mirror and part of drapery missing. Stands on a C20 brick base. Statue of Circe who changed Ulysses' companions into a herd of swine. The statue originally stood in the Queen's Room of Leeds City Art Gallery (qv), photographs of the room c1910 show the statue complete. (Payne, B & Payne D: Old Leeds in Photographs: 14-15).
Listing NGR: SE2958833716
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 466361
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Payne, B, Payne, D, Old Leeds in Photographs, (), 14-15
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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