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NY 4754
15/142

WETHERAL
GREAT CORBY
Statue of Polyphemus, Corby Castle

G.V.
II *

Statue. Early C18 for Thomas Howard of Corby Castle. Carved red sandstone. 4 metres in height, figure of Polyphemus, holding staff in one hand and reed-pipes in the other. Pevsner describes it as "wondrously badly carved, but just for that reason very engaging". Of same date as cascade nearby (1708-1729) as Polyphemus is noted by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, on a visit in 1734. A feature on riverside walk in the grounds of Corby Castle and included for G.V. with the nearby cascade.

See; N. Pevsner, Buildings of England, 1967, Cumberland & Westmorland, W.A.J. Prevost, Corby and the Corby Giant, Trans., Cumberland & Westmorland, Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. lxxix, 1979, p.99-102.

Listing NGR: NY4706654039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q84349055

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)