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Latitude: 54.8783 / 54°52'41"N
Longitude: -2.8265 / 2°49'35"W
OS Eastings: 347066
OS Northings: 554039
OS Grid: NY470540
Mapcode National: GBR 8DP1.V1
Mapcode Global: WH804.KN82
Plus Code: 9C6VV5HF+89
Entry Name: Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
Listing Date: 22 September 1983
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087675
English Heritage Legacy ID: 77724
ID on this website: 101087675
Location: Wetheral, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA4
County: Cumbria
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Wetheral
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Wetheral Holy Trinity and St Constantine
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Statue
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WETHERAL
GREAT CORBY
Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle
G.V.
II *
Statue. Early C18 for Thomas Howard of Corby Castle. Carved red sandstone. 4 metres in height, figure of Polyphemus, holding staff in one hand and reed-pipes in the other. Pevsner describes it as "wondrously badly carved, but just for that reason very engaging". Of same date as cascade nearby (1708-1729) as Polyphemus is noted by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, on a visit in 1734. A feature on riverside walk in the grounds of Corby Castle and included for G.V. with the nearby cascade.
See; N. Pevsner, Buildings of England, 1967, Cumberland & Westmorland, W.A.J. Prevost, Corby and the Corby Giant, Trans., Cumberland & Westmorland, Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. lxxix, 1979, p.99-102.
Listing NGR: NY4706654039
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