Description

GREAT HARROWDEN THE SLIPS
SP8870 (North side)
14/138 Statue approx. 30m. NE of
26/05/81 Harrowden Hall
(Formerly listed as Statue
group on pedestal of Samson
and the Philistine)

GV II*
Statue. Early C18 by John Van Nost. Limestone ashlar panelled plinth with lead
statue of wrestling figures said to be Samson and the Philistine based on the
original by Giambologna. Forms part of formal layout with statues approx. 30
metres south-east (q.v.) and approx. 60 metres south-east (q.v.), statue plinth
approx. 60 metres north-east (q.v.), gates, gatepiers, railings, walls and
attached summer house extending to approx. 300 metres north, south and east of
Harrowden Hall (q.v.), gates, gatepiers and railings approx. 300 metres east
(q.v.) and steps 10 metres east of Harrowden Hall (q.v.) and Harrowden Hall
(q.v.).
(The gardens and park are included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at
Grade II*).

Listing NGR: SP8823370871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545583

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)