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Chamois Deer Statue And Fountain On Western Parterre, Balmoral Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.0403 / 57°2'25"N

Longitude: -3.2309 / 3°13'51"W

OS Eastings: 325403

OS Northings: 795034

OS Grid: NO254950

Mapcode National: GBR W6.BK74

Mapcode Global: WH6MC.B9QN

Plus Code: 9C9R2QR9+4J

Entry Name: Chamois Deer Statue And Fountain On Western Parterre, Balmoral Castle

Listing Name: Balmoral Castle, Chamois Deer Statue and Fountain on Western Parterre

Listing Date: 12 March 2010

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 400396

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB51464

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Balmoral Castle, Chamois Deer Statue And Fountain On Western Parterre

ID on this website: 200400396

Location: Crathie and Braemar

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Parish: Crathie And Braemar

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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Description

Fountain basin, circa 1855; statue, M Geiss, Berlin, late 19th century, painted 1929, refurbished by Charles Henshaw 1986. Carved bronze statue of chamois deer, painted and life-like, placed in recessed, pink granite, circular basin on parterre to W of Castle. Deer standing on rocky outcrop on pink granite cubic pedestal with cast-iron lion mask spouts to each face.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Balmoral Castle, Putto Fountain on Eastern Parterre, Roe Deer Statue, Shell Drinking Fountain in Sunken Garden and the Statue of Florentine Boar.

Partner deer by Geiss stands in recess by eastern parterre. In 1859 a bronze chamois was blown over in a gale and needed to be sent to London for repair. The Builder describes two fountains in course of construction with pipes to carry water 60' high by means of a steam engine; this fountain would not be capable of such a feat but may be on the site of that quoted. The Royal Archive notes that in June 1929 stags, boar, chamois and roe deer sited to the west of the Castle were painted.

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