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Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine 40 metres to south east of Waddesdon Manor

A Grade II Listed Building in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire

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Latitude: 51.8419 / 51°50'30"N

Longitude: -0.937 / 0°56'13"W

OS Eastings: 473328

OS Northings: 216460

OS Grid: SP733164

Mapcode National: GBR C11.HWX

Mapcode Global: VHDTW.QY0V

Plus Code: 9C3XR3R7+Q5

Entry Name: Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine 40 metres to south east of Waddesdon Manor

Listing Date: 29 January 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1332757

English Heritage Legacy ID: 42293

ID on this website: 101332757

Location: Buckinghamshire, HP18

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Waddesdon

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Waddesdon with Over Winchendon and Fleet Marston

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Fountain of Pluto and Proserpine 40 metres to south east of Waddesdon Manor

GV
II
Fountain. Early C18, the sculpture by Giuliano Mozani, re-arranged late C19. Late C19 shaped stone basin. Carved marble figures. Pluto and Proserpine to centre on an upturned shell, with flanking infant tritons on winged horses, encircled by six figures of tritons and other sea creatures holding conch shells. Originally part of a fountain at the Ducal Palance at Colorno, near Parma, together with statuary from the Fountain of Triton and Nereids. (Catalogue No. 66)

Listing NGR: SP7332816460

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