Ann Boleyn'S Seat At The Surprise View is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Shelter.
Ann Boleyn'S Seat At The Surprise View
- WRENN ID
- half-steel-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Shelter
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 2868 9/87
LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS STUDLEY PARK Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
GV II
Shelter. Probably before 1790, rebuilt C19 and restored C20. For William Aislabie. Wood. West front: 3 slender Gothick arches supported by quatrefoil columns; elaborate crenellated parapet. Single-pitch roof. Rear: narrow entrance, woodwork renewed, crenellated parapet. Left and right returns: solid, restored. Interior: concrete floor and plinths for columns. The structure was originally described as a 'sashed Gothic temple'. There was a seat at the Surprise View in 1790 and an arched shelter is shown in an engraving of 1828 (W T C Walker, personal communication). The name Ann Boleyn is associated with the site because a large headless statue was erected nearby in the C18. Probably the same statue (an armless as well as headless female in classical drapery and originally over 3 metres tall) is now in the sacristy at the base of Huby's Tower at Fountains Abbey.
Listing NGR: SE2829168504
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