Description

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SE 7269
11/35

HENDERSKELFE
Castle Howard
TEMPLE HOLE BASIN (North Shore)
Statue of shepherd boy and pedestal

(Formerly listed as BROAD WALK (north side, off))

GV
II

Statue of a shepherd boy and the pedestal on which it stands. Early - mid C18. Lead statue on stone pedestal. Approximately 3.5 metres in height. Slender pedestal with moulded base and cornice. Figure of rustic shepherd boy in C18 dress leaning on a tree stump. The dog and flute usually associated with this model are missing but dowels in the pedestal indicate the former position of the dog. This is the only lead statue with a non-classical prototype in the Castle Howard collection.

HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7215869884

External Links

• Wikidata Q26441929

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)