Statue Of Ceres 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. A Georgian Statue.
Statue Of Ceres In Bridgeman'S Amphitheatre
- WRENN ID
- nether-flint-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Statue
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ROUSHAM ROUSHAM PARK GARDENS SP4724 14/237 Statue of Ceres in Bridgeman's 27/08/57 Amphitheatre (Formerly listed as Statue of Ceres on pedestal) GV II* Statue. Early C18, probably by John Van Nost. Lead statue of Ceres, with sheaf of corn at her feet, stands on panelled limestone pedestal with moulded plinth and cornice. One of a group of 3 statues - including Bacchus (q.v.) and Mercury (q.v.) - which stand in front of 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: SP4782224398
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