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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