Statue Of Dying Gaul Approximately 5 Metres South West Of Balustrade Of Praeneste is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Statue.

Statue Of Dying Gaul Approximately 5 Metres South West Of Balustrade Of Praeneste

WRENN ID: blind-mullion-hawk
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 14/219 Statue of Dying Gaul approx. 27/08/57 5m SW of balustrade of Praeneste (Formerly listed as ...., statue of the Dying Gladiator on pedestal, ....)

GV II* Statue. c.1743, by Scheemakers. Depicts Dying Gaul leaning on dexter arm and with shield and dagger carved on vermiculated base set on ashlar pedestal with moulded cornice. Part of the landscape gardens laid out by William Kent, c.1733-40. (Rousham Park is included in the H.B.M.C. Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p745; R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, 1951, p342)

Listing NGR: SP4776124420

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