Statue of Silenus with Infant Bacchus and Pedestal c. 75 M NE of Atlas Fountain Henderskelfe, England
Listed Building Data
Statue of Silenus with Infant Bacchus and Pedestal c. 75 M NE of Atlas Fountain 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1172928
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 22 June 1987
- Name
- STATUE OF SILENUS WITH THE INFANT BACCHUS AND PEDESTAL APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH EAST OF ATLAS FOUNTAIN
- Location
- STATUE OF SILENUS WITH THE INFANT BACCHUS AND PEDESTAL APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH EAST OF ATLAS FOUNTAIN, SOUTH PARTERRE
- Parish
- Henderskelfe
- District
- Ryedale
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- SE 71678 69989
- Easting
- 471678.3120
- Northing
- 469989.1400
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
HENDERSKELFE SOUTH PARTERRE SE 7169 Castle Howard 12/68 Statue of Silenus with the Infant Bacchus and pedestal approximately 75 metres north-east of Atlas Fountain GV II * Statue of Silenus with the Infant Bacchus, and the pedestal on which it stands. Mid C18 statue. Pedestal c1720, probably by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sandstone pedestal, lead statue. Pedestal approximately 2.5 metres in height, statue life size. Square 3-course base carries drum pedestal with moulded base and cornice, and festoons. Statue of faun Silenus, leaning on a tree trunk holding the child Bacchus in his arms. Copied from a Roman copy of a bronze original of the late C4, by Lysippus or one of his followers, now in the Louvre, Paris. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 307. 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: SE7167969990
