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Latitude: 57.0403 / 57°2'25"N
Longitude: -3.2309 / 3°13'51"W
OS Eastings: 325403
OS Northings: 795034
OS Grid: NO254950
Mapcode National: GBR W6.BK74
Mapcode Global: WH6MC.B9QN
Plus Code: 9C9R2QR9+4J
Entry Name: Chamois Deer Statue And Fountain On Western Parterre, Balmoral Castle
Listing Name: Balmoral Castle, Chamois Deer Statue and Fountain on Western Parterre
Listing Date: 12 March 2010
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 400396
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB51464
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200400396
Location: Crathie and Braemar
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Parish: Crathie And Braemar
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Fountain basin, circa 1855; statue, M Geiss, Berlin, late 19th century, painted 1929, refurbished by Charles Henshaw 1986. Carved bronze statue of chamois deer, painted and life-like, placed in recessed, pink granite, circular basin on parterre to W of Castle. Deer standing on rocky outcrop on pink granite cubic pedestal with cast-iron lion mask spouts to each face.
A Group with Balmoral Castle, Putto Fountain on Eastern Parterre, Roe Deer Statue, Shell Drinking Fountain in Sunken Garden and the Statue of Florentine Boar.
Partner deer by Geiss stands in recess by eastern parterre. In 1859 a bronze chamois was blown over in a gale and needed to be sent to London for repair. The Builder describes two fountains in course of construction with pipes to carry water 60' high by means of a steam engine; this fountain would not be capable of such a feat but may be on the site of that quoted. The Royal Archive notes that in June 1929 stags, boar, chamois and roe deer sited to the west of the Castle were painted.
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