Group Of 6 Terms And Statue Of 4 Putti At Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East Of South Front Of Blenheim Palace is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Statue group.

Group Of 6 Terms And Statue Of 4 Putti At Exedra Approximately 400 Metres South East Of South Front Of Blenheim Palace

WRENN ID
first-bonework-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Statue group
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BLENHEIM SP41NW 2/15 Group of 6 terms and statue of 4 putti at Exedra approx. 400m SE of south front of Blenheim Palace GV II Group of 6 terms. 1772, by Richard Hayward. Limestone. Depict Hecate (opening urn of serpents), bearded philosopher (probably Aristotle), Bacchus, Cicero, Fawn holding sheep's head and Hercules. Terms grouped in circle around lead statue of 4 putti. Moved to late C19 exedra of yew hedges by Tenth Duke of Marlborough from their original position in the arcades of the Great Hall in Blenheim Palace. (Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p475)

Listing NGR: SP4445915802

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