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Latitude: 54.1194 / 54°7'9"N
Longitude: -0.9053 / 0°54'19"W
OS Eastings: 471649
OS Northings: 469833
OS Grid: SE716698
Mapcode National: GBR QN3T.S2
Mapcode Global: WHFBF.2Q5C
Plus Code: 9C6X439V+QV
Entry Name: Pedestal Approximately 90 Metres South of Atlas Fountain
Listing Date: 25 January 1954
Last Amended: 22 June 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1316055
English Heritage Legacy ID: 329017
ID on this website: 101316055
Location: North Yorkshire, YO60
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
Civil Parish: Henderskelfe
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Bulmer St Martin
Church of England Diocese: York
Tagged with: Fountain
HENDERSKELFE SOUTH PARTERRE
SE 7169
Castle Howard
12/61 Pedestal approximately 90
metres south of Atlas
25.1.54 Fountain (formerly listed
under "Castle Howard with
Outbuilding to east and
garden statues")
GV II*
The pedestal on which statue of Dancing Faun formerly stood. c1720,
probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, 2.5 metres in height.
Square 3-course base to drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and
festoons. Feet of statue and iron bar which formerly held it in place still
in place. Statue lies on grass to north and represents a dancing faun with
cymbals. Copied from a C3 copy of a bronze original, now in the Uffizi
Gallery, Florence. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p
205. Hussey C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750, 1967. HBMC,
Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part
32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.
Listing NGR: SE7164969833
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