Description

HENDERSKELFE IRISH YEW GARDEN SE 7169 Castle Howard 12/43 Kylix and pedestal GV II Kylix and pedestal on which it stands. Erected 1845. Design similar to those on south parterre (qv), and thus probably by C H Tatham. Sandstone pedestal, limestone kylix. Approximately 3 metres in height. Massive pedestal with moulded base, inscribed on 2 sides with the 7th Earl of Carlisle's prize-winning poem 'Paestum'. The other 2 sides carry the following inscriptions:

Biferique rosaria Paesti Virg Tepidique rosaria Paesti Ovid And now a Virgil, now an Ovid sung, Paestum's twice-blowing roses Rogers

and: Jussu Georgii Sexti CC MDCCCXLV

Bead-and-reel frieze, moulded egg-and-dart cornice. Broken fluted kylix with foliate decoration. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7153869782

External Links

• Wikidata Q26467564

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)