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Latitude: 54.1116 / 54°6'41"N
Longitude: -1.5687 / 1°34'7"W
OS Eastings: 428291
OS Northings: 468504
OS Grid: SE282685
Mapcode National: GBR KNHW.5V
Mapcode Global: WHC7T.WX5B
Plus Code: 9C6W4C6J+MG
Entry Name: Ann Boleyn's Seat at the Surprise View
Listing Date: 11 June 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1174017
English Heritage Legacy ID: 331091
ID on this website: 101174017
Location: North Yorkshire, HG4
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
Civil Parish: Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SE 2868 LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY STUDLEY PARK
ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS
9/87 Ann Boleyn's Seat at the
Surprise View
GV II
Shelter. Probably before 1790, rebuilt C19 and restored C20. For William
Aislabie. Wood. West front: 3 slender Gothick arches supported by
quatrefoil columns; elaborate crenellated parapet. Single-pitch roof.
Rear: narrow entrance, woodwork renewed, crenellated parapet. Left and
right returns: solid, restored. Interior: concrete floor and plinths for
columns. The structure was originally described as a 'sashed Gothic
temple'. There was a seat at the Surprise View in 1790 and an arched
shelter is shown in an engraving of 1828 (W T C Walker, personal
communication). The name Ann Boleyn is associated with the site because a
large headless statue was erected nearby in the C18. Probably the same
statue (an armless as well as headless female in classical drapery and
originally over 3 metres tall) is now in the sacristy at the base of Huby's
Tower at Fountains Abbey.
Listing NGR: SE2829168504
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