The Pyramid And Surrounding Piers is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Monument.

The Pyramid And Surrounding Piers

WRENN ID
slow-bronze-sage
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

HENDERSKELFE ST ANNE'S HILL SE 7169 Castle Howard 12/54 The Pyramid and surrounding piers 25.1.54 (formerly listed as the Pyramid on St Anne's Hill) GV I Pyramid and surrounding piers. 1728. By Nicholas Hawksmoor for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, in memory of his ancestor Lord William Howard, the Elizabethan founder of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family. Limestone. Central pyramid with angled pairs of piers approximately 20 metres from each corner. Pyramid, with sides of approximately 9 metres stands on low podium with some vermiculated rustication. Piers each have square base on plinth, with hollow columns pierced by oval apertures which break a lateral band, surmounted by stepped capital. Interior of Pyramid contains a large bust of Lord William Howard. Howard G, Castle Howard Guidebook, 1972. Hussey C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1967. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7192069191

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