Column Of Victory is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Monument.
Column Of Victory
- WRENN ID
- hidden-steeple-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Column of Victory is a Grade II listed structure located in Blenheim, erected between 1727 and 1730 by Lord Herbert, who later became the ninth Earl of Pembroke. The design was created by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and it features a statue of the Duke of Marlborough, depicted as Caesar, crafted by Sir Henry Cheere. The column is made of limestone ashlar and is fluted in the Doric style, topped with a lead statue and Roman eagles. A commemorative inscription on the plinth was written by Lord Bolingbroke. This column commemorates Marlborough's military victories and was inspired by a suggestion from Vanbrugh, with Hawksmoor's designs influenced by the pillar in Piazza Navona, Rome. The masons responsible for its construction were Townesend and Peisley. Blenheim Park, where the column is located, is also recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
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