Statue Of Mercury In Bridgeman'S Amphitheatre is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Statue.
Statue Of Mercury In Bridgeman'S Amphitheatre
- WRENN ID
- iron-flint-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ROUSHAM ROUSHAM PARK GARDENS SP4724 14/236 Statue of Mercury in 27/08/57 Bridgeman's Amphitheatre (Formerly listed under Lower and Cascades in Venus' Vale including the statue of Mercury ....) GV II* Statue. Early C18, probably by John Van Nost. Lead statue of Mercury stands on limestone panelled pedestal with moulded plinth and cornice. One of a group of 3 statues - including Bacchus (q.v.) and Ceres (q.v.) - which stand in front of the traces of an amphitheatre which was part of Charles Bridgeman's layout of the 1720s. Part of the landscape gardens laid out by William Kent between 1733 and 1740. (Rousham Park is included in the H. B. M. C. Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p746)
Listing NGR: SP4781124396
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