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Putto Fountain On Eastern Panterre, Balmoral Castle

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.0405 / 57°2'25"N

Longitude: -3.2299 / 3°13'47"W

OS Eastings: 325465

OS Northings: 795050

OS Grid: NO254950

Mapcode National: GBR W6.BKFP

Mapcode Global: WH6MC.C95J

Plus Code: 9C9R2QRC+52

Entry Name: Putto Fountain On Eastern Panterre, Balmoral Castle

Listing Name: Balmoral Castle, Putto Fountain on Eastern Panterre

Listing Date: 12 March 2010

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 400418

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB51486

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Balmoral Castle, Putto Fountain On Eastern Panterre

ID on this website: 200400418

Location: Crathie and Braemar

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Parish: Crathie And Braemar

Traditional County: Aberdeenshire

Tagged with: Fountain

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Description

1859. Shallow, circular, granite basin with rope moulded base course and chevroned rim, featuring cast-iron, fountain centrepiece of fluted base bearing shallow decorative bowl with spouts at rim, and crowned by putto statue on circular base carrying further, gadrooned basin.

Statement of Interest

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

The Archives refer to the building of a dwarf wall and fountain basin in front of the tower in 1859. Repaired by Charles Henshaw. Part of the critical foreground of the castle.

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