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Latitude: 51.9161 / 51°54'57"N
Longitude: -1.3063 / 1°18'22"W
OS Eastings: 447811
OS Northings: 224396
OS Grid: SP478243
Mapcode National: GBR 7VM.SNZ
Mapcode Global: VHCX1.93SH
Plus Code: 9C3WWM8V+CF
Entry Name: Statue of Mercury in Bridgeman's Amphitheatre
Listing Date: 27 August 1957
Last Amended: 29 June 1988
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1052957
English Heritage Legacy ID: 252892
ID on this website: 101052957
Location: Rousham, West Oxfordshire, OX25
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Rousham
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Rousham
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Statue
ROUSHAM ROUSHAM PARK GARDENS
SP4724
14/236 Statue of Mercury in
27/08/57 Bridgeman's Amphitheatre
(Formerly listed under
Lower and Cascades in Venus'
Vale including the statue of
Mercury ....)
GV II*
Statue. Early C18, probably by John Van Nost. Lead statue of Mercury stands on
limestone panelled pedestal with moulded plinth and cornice. One of a group of 3
statues - including Bacchus (q.v.) and Ceres (q.v.) - which stand in front of
the traces of an amphitheatre which was part of Charles Bridgeman's layout of
the 1720s. Part of the landscape gardens laid out by William Kent between 1733
and 1740.
(Rousham Park is included in the H. B. M. C. Register of Parks and Gardens at
Grade I; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p746)
Listing NGR: SP4781124396
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