East Formal Garden, Statue Of Knifegrinder In North East Corner is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Statue.
East Formal Garden, Statue Of Knifegrinder In North East Corner
- WRENN ID
- crooked-attic-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The statue of a knifegrinder, created around 1700 by the sculptor Massimiliano Soldani, is located in the north-east corner of the East Formal Garden at Blenheim. This bronze statue is positioned on a moulded limestone ashlar pedestal. The garden was designed by Achille Duchene for the Ninth Duke of Marlborough and is part of a set of four statues originally presented to the first Duke of Marlborough. Massimiliano Soldani was a prominent Florentine sculptor of his time. Blenheim Park is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
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