Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531405

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide