Description

GREAT HARROWDEN THE SLIPS
SP8870 (North side)
14/139 Statue approx. 30m. SE of
26/05/81 Harrowden Hall
(Formerly listed as Statue
group on pedestal of Hercules
and Antaeus)

GV II*

Statue. Early C18 by John Van Nost. Limestone ashlar panelled plinth with lead
statue of wrestling figures said to be Hercules and Antaeus possibly based on a
Flemish model. Forms part of formal layout with statues approx. 30 metres
north-east (q.v.) and approx. 60 metres south-east (q.v.), statue plinth approx.
60 metres north-east (q.v.), gates, gatepiers, railings, walls and attached
summer house, extending to approx. 300 metres north, south and east of Harrowden
Hall (q.v.), gates, gatepiers and railings approx. 300 metres east (q.v.) and
steps 10 metres east of Harrowden Hall (q.v.) and Harrowden Hall (q.v.).
(The gardens and park are included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at
Grade II*).

Listing NGR: SP8822870825

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545706

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)