Statue Of Farnese Hercules And Pedestal is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. A 18th century Statue.

Statue Of Farnese Hercules And Pedestal

WRENN ID
dim-pavement-gold
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Statue
Period
18th century
Source
Historic England listing

Description

HENDERSKELFE TERRACE WALK SE 7170 (south side) 11/81 Statue of Farnese Hercules and pedestal (formerly listed under 25.1.54 "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues") GV TT* Statue of Farnese Hercules and the plinth on which it stands. Statue 1723 by Andrew Carpenter. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal 2.25 metres, statue life size. 2 steps up to pedestal with cavetto-moulded base and sunk panels bearing garlands carved in relief and egg-and-dart cornice. Statue of the Farnese Hercules, a very muscular, bearded figure, from a C3 AD copy of a Greek original, now in Museo Nationale, Naples. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 229. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7185970024

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