Pedestal Henderskelfe, England
Listed Building Data
Pedestal has been designated a Grade I 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1172902
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 25 January 1954
- Name
- PEDESTAL
- Location
- PEDESTAL, SOUTH PARTERRE
- Parish
- Henderskelfe
- District
- Ryedale
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- SE 71640 69784
- Easting
- 471640.1370
- Northing
- 469784.4100
Listed Building Description
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HENDERSKELFE SOUTH PARTERRE SE 7169 (south-west corner) 12/62 Pedestal (formerly listed under "Castle Howard with 25.1.54 Outbuilding to east and garden statues") GV I Composite pedestal. c1720. By Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone. Approximately 4.5 metres in height. Central rectangular pier, surmounted by drum pedestal, flanked by rectangular buttresses with raised panels, each carrying an urn with festoons and finial on shaped base. Moulded base and cornices. Formerly carried lead statue of the Wrestlers, now disappeared. 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: SE7164269785
