Statue of Figure Playing a Lyre and Pedestal Henderskelfe, England

Listed Building Data

Statue of Figure Playing a Lyre and Pedestal has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1172819
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
22 June 1987
Name
STATUE OF FIGURE PLAYING A LYRE AND PEDESTAL
Location
STATUE OF FIGURE PLAYING A LYRE AND PEDESTAL, LIME WALK
Parish
Henderskelfe
District
Ryedale
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
SE 71589 69775
Easting
471589.1560
Northing
469775.0770

Listed Building Description

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In the entry for:-

HENDERSKELFE LIME WALK SE 7169 (south end) 12/45 Castle Howard

Statue of figure playing a lyre and pedestal GV II

The grade shall be amended to read II* (star)

HENDERSKELFE LIME WALK SE 7169 (south end) Castle Howard 12/45 Statue of figure playing a lyre and pedestal GV II Statue of figure playing a lyre and the pedestal on which it stands. Early C19. Sandstone. Approximately 5 metres in height. Plaque at base carries inscription of Henry Hart Milman's poem 'The Belvidere Apollo' which won the Newdigate prize for poetry in 1812:

"For mild he seem'd, as in Elysian bowers, Wasting in careless ease the joyous hours. Haughty as bards have sung, with princely sway Curbing the fierce flame-breathing steeds of day; Beauteous as vision seen in dreamy sleep By holy maid on Delphi's haunted steep, Mid the dim twilight of the laurel grove Too fair to worship, too divine to love."

Pyramidal pedestal carved to suggest a craggy mountain with trees, ruins and a stream, surmounted by standing figure in loose drapes, holding a lyre. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7159069775