Description

HENDERSKELFE TERRACE WALK
SE 7169
(south side)
Castle Howard
12/80 Statue of Meleager and
pedestal (formerly listed
25.1.54 under "Castle Howard with
Outbuildings to east and
garden statues")
GV II*
Statue of Meleager and the pedestal on which it stands. c1720. Sandstone
pedestal, lead statue. Plinth 2.25 metres high, statue life size. 2 steps
up to pedestal with cavetto-moulded base, sunk panels bearing garlands
carved in relief and egg-and-dart cornice. Statue of Meleager, a naked
young man with a short cloak around his neck, with a dog, leaning on a tree
stump. Copied from a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original of the mid C4 BC,
now in the Vatican Museum, Rome. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the
Antique, 1981. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic
interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7186170024

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540654

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback