Statue 70 Metres West Of Thoresby Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. A C17 Statue.

Statue 70 Metres West Of Thoresby Hall

WRENN ID
eternal-railing-rush
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1986
Type
Statue
OS grid reference
SK 638 713
Coordinates
53.23491, -1.04527
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The statue located 70 meters west of Thoresby Hall is a life-size representation of a sphinx, created around 1685 by the sculptor C. G. Cibber. It is made of ashlar stone and stands on a rectangular brick plinth that is rendered and features a moulded ashlar base. This statue is notable as one of two sphinxes commissioned by Cibber, as mentioned in a memorandum he wrote while working at Chatsworth between 1687 and 1690, where he referred to them as "two sphinx at ten pounds a piece, having in them but three quarters of a tunn."

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