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Latitude: 51.8499 / 51°50'59"N
Longitude: -1.3696 / 1°22'10"W
OS Eastings: 443521
OS Northings: 216997
OS Grid: SP435169
Mapcode National: GBR 7W9.VZV
Mapcode Global: VHCX6.6RTR
Entry Name: Column of Victory
Listing Date: 27 August 1957
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1368002
English Heritage Legacy ID: 252985
Location: Blenheim, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX20
County: Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Blenheim
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
BLENHEIM
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2/3 Column of Victory
27/08/57
GV I
Column of Victory. Erected 1727-30 by Lord Herbert, later ninth Earl of
Pembroke, after design by Nicholas Hawksmoor; statue of Marlborough by Sir Henry
Cheere. Limestone ashlar. Fluted Doric column surmounted by lead statue of the
Duke of Marlborough, as Caesar, and Roman eagles. Commemorative inscription on
plinth written by Lord Bolingbroke. The column, which commemorates Marlborough's
victories, was suggested by Vanbrugh: the designs by Hawksmoor were chiefly
inspired by the pillar in Piazza Navona, Rome. The masons were Townesend and
Peisley.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p473; National Monuments Record; K. Downes,
Hawksmoor, 1959, pp207-10, 282; D. Green: Blenheim Palace, 1951, ppihi-2, 173-7;
Blenheim Park is included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I)
Listing NGR: SP4352116997
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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