EYECATCHER AT SP 4828 2603 is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Eyecatcher.
EYECATCHER AT SP 4828 2603
- WRENN ID
- proud-jade-bramble
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Eyecatcher
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
STEEPLE ASTON SP42NE 2/98 Eyecatcher at SP 4828 2603 08/12/55 - II*
Eyecatcher. c.1740 by William Kent. Naristone rubble with squared dressings. A folly in the form of a high wall, the top of which rises over 3 graduated arched openings and is ornamented with 11 rubble pinnacles. The front has shallow buttresses, and there are large raking buttresses to rear. The Eyecatcher stands on the skyline of the principal view from Ronsham Park, and forms an important feature of Kent's landscape design, It is one of the earliest examples of a sham ruin. (VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p29; buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p745; M. Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, 1948, p81.)
Listing NGR: SP4828026030
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