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Latitude: 51.9307 / 51°55'50"N
Longitude: -1.2992 / 1°17'57"W
OS Eastings: 448280
OS Northings: 226030
OS Grid: SP482260
Mapcode National: GBR 7VF.VS0
Mapcode Global: VHCWV.FQHS
Plus Code: 9C3WWPJ2+78
Entry Name: Eyecatcher at SP 4828 2603
Listing Date: 8 December 1955
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1357142
English Heritage Legacy ID: 422387
ID on this website: 101357142
Location: Steeple Aston, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX25
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
Civil Parish: Steeple Aston
Built-Up Area: Steeple Aston
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Steeple Aston
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
STEEPLE ASTON
SP42NE
2/98 Eyecatcher at SP 4828 2603
08/12/55
- II*
Eyecatcher. c.1740 by William Kent. Naristone rubble with squared dressings. A
folly in the form of a high wall, the top of which rises over 3 graduated arched
openings and is ornamented with 11 rubble pinnacles. The front has shallow
buttresses, and there are large raking buttresses to rear. The Eyecatcher stands
on the skyline of the principal view from Ronsham Park, and forms an important
feature of Kent's landscape design, It is one of the earliest examples of a sham
ruin.
(VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p29; buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p745; M.
Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, 1948, p81.)
Listing NGR: SP4828026030
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