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Latitude: 56.6193 / 56°37'9"N
Longitude: -3.0027 / 3°0'9"W
OS Eastings: 338562
OS Northings: 747946
OS Grid: NO385479
Mapcode National: GBR VJ.QVXC
Mapcode Global: WH7QJ.VW9F
Plus Code: 9C8RJX9W+PW
Entry Name: Statue Of King James VI, Glamis Castle
Listing Name: Glamis Castle Policies, James VI Statue
Listing Date: 11 June 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344302
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11708
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Glamis Castle, Statue Of King James Vi
ID on this website: 200344302
Location: Glamis
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Parish: Glamis
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Statue
Arnold Quellin, 1686; re-erected 1890 and restored 1988. Life size lead statue of James VI in royal robes, holding orb and sceptre. Re-erected on rusticated ashlar pedestal.
Property of Strathmore Estates (Holding) Ltd. An agreement was drawn up on 23rd December, 1685, between ?Patrick 1st Earl of Strathmore and 3rd Earl of Kinghorne, and Arnold Quellin, Carver? to provide four lead statues of Stuart kings on Portland stone plinths, and a clay bust of the Earl, the latter now situated over the main Castle door. The work was to be completed and shipped from London (also Quellin?s responsibility) by 1st June, 1686. The fee for all of this work was ?160 sterling. It is thought that moulds of the four kings already existed, and as Quellin was very ill by early 1686 his contribution to the work (particularly the Earl's bust) may have been limited. By 1887, MacGibbon & Ross report that the statues "have been removed, and are now, along with other figures, lying out of sight, sadly mutilated". The statues of Charles II and James II have disappeared, but Charles I (listed separately) and James VI flank the N end of the main driveway. 1988 restoration by Renaissance Restoration Company, Leamington Spa.
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