Description

HENDERSKELFE SOUTH PARTERRE
SE 7169
Castle Howard
12/61 Pedestal approximately 90
metres south of Atlas
25.1.54 Fountain (formerly listed
under "Castle Howard with
Outbuilding to east and
garden statues")
GV II*
The pedestal on which statue of Dancing Faun formerly stood. c1720,
probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, 2.5 metres in height.
Square 3-course base to drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and
festoons. Feet of statue and iron bar which formerly held it in place still
in place. Statue lies on grass to north and represents a dancing faun with
cymbals. Copied from a C3 copy of a bronze original, now in the Uffizi
Gallery, Florence. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p
205. Hussey C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1967. HBMC,
Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part
32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7164969833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602379

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)