Statue Of Apollo Belvedre And Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South East Of Atlas Fountain is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. A C18 Statue.
Statue Of Apollo Belvedre And Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South East Of Atlas Fountain
- WRENN ID
- mired-mullion-shade
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Statue
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SE 7169 12/65
HENDERSKELFE Castle Howard SOUTH PARTERRE Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres south-east of Atlas Fountain
(formerly listed under "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues")
25.1.54
GV II* Statue of Apollo Belvedere and the pedestal on which it stands. Mid C18 statue by John Cheere; pedestal c1720, probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal approximately 2.5 metres in height, statue life size. Square three-course base carries drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and festoons.
Heavily decayed statue with its head and one arm missing, supported to rear by iron rod. Copied from a Roman copy of a bronze original by Leochares now in Vatican Museum, Rome.
Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 148. 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: SE7169169843
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