Description

WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN

SO 71 SW

11/281

WESTBURY VILLAGE

Statue in T shaped canal, Westbury Court Gardens

GV

II

Statue; probably mid C17 on early C18 base; ashlar stone. Square plinth carrying statue, standing at top of T canal. Offset just above water level; plinth with moulded top, tall base with moulded cornice. Above a short square base to statue set back behind face of base.

Statue of Neptune, left foot on a dolphin, left arm holds tail against his hip, right arm raised, bearded face; cloak falls down from shoulders, lying over dolphin. Statue considered to be mid C17, in style of Nicholas Stone; plinth is of same date as canal, however, probably 1715-'25. Forms part of group with boundary wall and gazebo, (g.v.).

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 November 2018.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586559

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings