Castle Howard The Four Faces

The Four Faces is a sculpture located at Castle Howard, created before 1727 by Nicholas Hawksmoor for Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. It is made of limestone and stands approximately 6 metres tall. The sculpture features a massive square plinth that supports four pulvinated courses, which in turn hold a rusticated base with raised panels and a moulded cornice. Above this, a tapering column rises to a bulbous, four-cornered sculpture that has damaged faces on each facade and a damaged apex. The sculpture is depicted on an estate map from 1727 and is listed in the Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England as part of the Grade I designation for Castle Howard.