Latitude: 54.1195 / 54°7'10"N
Longitude: -0.9047 / 0°54'16"W
OS Eastings: 471691
OS Northings: 469843
OS Grid: SE716698
Mapcode National: GBR QN3T.Y1
Mapcode Global: WHFBF.2QH9
Plus Code: 9C6X439W+Q4
Entry Name: Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres southeast of Atlas Fountain
Listing Date: 25 January 1954
Last Amended: 22 June 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1316056
English Heritage Legacy ID: 329021
ID on this website: 101316056
Location: North Yorkshire, YO60
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
Civil Parish: Henderskelfe
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Bulmer St Martin
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Statue
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SE 7169
12/65
HENDERSKELFE
Castle Howard
SOUTH PARTERRE
Statue of Apollo Belvedere and pedestal approximately 90 metres south-east of Atlas Fountain
(formerly listed under "Castle Howard with Outbuilding to east and garden statues")
25.1.54
GV
II*
Statue of Apollo Belvedere and the pedestal on which it stands. Mid C18 statue by John Cheere; pedestal c1720, probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal approximately 2.5 metres in height, statue life size. Square three-course base carries drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and festoons.
Heavily decayed statue with its head and one arm missing, supported to rear by iron rod. Copied from a Roman copy of a bronze original by Leochares now in Vatican Museum, Rome.
Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 148. Hussey C,
English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1967. HBMC, Register of Parks and
Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire:
Castle Howard, Grade I.
Listing NGR: SE7169169843
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