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Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor

A Grade II Listed Building in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire

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Latitude: 51.8441 / 51°50'38"N

Longitude: -0.94 / 0°56'23"W

OS Eastings: 473120

OS Northings: 216701

OS Grid: SP731167

Mapcode National: GBR C11.956

Mapcode Global: VHDTW.NXF5

Plus Code: 9C3XR3V6+M2

Entry Name: Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor

Listing Date: 29 January 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1159372

English Heritage Legacy ID: 42281

ID on this website: 101159372

Location: Buckinghamshire, HP18

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Waddesdon

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Waddesdon with Over Winchendon and Fleet Marston

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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SP 7216-7316
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WADDESDON
WADDESDON MANOR GROUNDS
Fountain of Triton and Nereids 250 metres north of Waddesdon Manor

GV
II
Fountain. Early C18, sculpture by Giuliano Mozani. Circular basin with moulded stone coping and carved marble figures. To centre are a triton and nereid on an upturned shell. Flanking nereids riding on sea-monsters. Part of a fountain originally at the Ducal Palace at Colorno near Parma, of which the fountain of Pluto and Proserpine, to south of Manor was also a part. Brought to Waddesdon late C19 by Ferdinand de Rothschild. (Catalogue No.67).

Listing NGR: SP7312016701

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