Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Fountain.

Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor

WRENN ID: pitched-soffit-wren
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 29 January 1985
Type: Fountain
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SP 7216-7316 10/134

WADDESDON WADDESDON MANOR GROUNDS Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor

GV II Fountain. Early C18, sculpture by Giuliano Mozani. Circular basin with moulded stone coping and carved marble figures. To centre are a triton and nereid on an upturned shell. Flanking nereids riding on sea-monsters. Part of a fountain originally at the Ducal Palace at Colorno near Parma, of which the fountain of Pluto and Proserpine, to south of Manor was also a part. Brought to Waddesdon late C19 by Ferdinand de Rothschild. (Catalogue No.67).

Listing NGR: SP7312016701

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