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
- Source
- Historic England listing
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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Nearby listed buildings
- Stable Court, Stable Cottages and Riding School at Thoresby Hall
- Urn in East Forecourt Lawn of Thoresby Hall
- Terrace Walls and Gazebos at Thoresby Hall
- Bridge to East of Green Bridge
- The Green Bridge, 400m South East of Thoresby Hall
- Monument to Spencer Perceval
- Ice House on Island at East End of Lake
- Cascade at East End of Lake
- North Lamp at West Gate at Church of St John
- South Lamp at West Gate at Church of St John