Statue Walk with 6 Statues, and 5 Sets of Steps with Flanking Balustrades Newby with Mulwith, England

Listed Building Data

Statue Walk with 6 Statues, and 5 Sets of Steps with Flanking Balustrades 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1213114
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
6 March 1967
Name
STATUE WALK WITH 6 STATUES, AND 5 SETS OF STEPS WITH FLANKING BALUSTRADES
Location
STATUE WALK WITH 6 STATUES, AND 5 SETS OF STEPS WITH FLANKING BALUSTRADES
Parish
Newby with Mulwith
District
Harrogate
County
North Yorkshire
Grid Reference
SE 34795 67336
Easting
434795.0000
Northing
467336.0000

Listed Building Description

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SE 36 NW NEWBY WITH MULWITH NEWBY PARK

1/40 Statue Walk with 6 statues, and 5 sets of steps with flanking balustrades (formerly listed as 6.3.67 "Venetian Statues at Newby Hall")

GV II

Statue walk with 5 sets of steps, 6 statues and balustrades with vases. The statues, said to be C17 but possibly later. The walk laid out c1870 for Lady Mary Vyner, probably to designs by William Burges. Gritstone balustrade and steps, limestone statues and plinths. The walk is straight, approximately 150 metres long, the ground sloping down from east to west, necessitating one flight of 4 steps at the eastern end and 2 flights of 3 steps at the western end. The pathway also forms the edge of a terrace, with steps down at the centre and at the east end. Each flight of steps is flanked by balustrades of bulbous balusters interrupted by square piers with urns or ball finials. The 6 statues are on the south side of the walk, facing the house. They probably form 2 sets: I being the 4 seasons, and a pair of statues possibly representing Flora and Bacchus. The Statue Walk was laid out as part of the south garden scheme in the late C19, extended to south mid C20. John Cornforth, "Newby in the 19th Century", Country Life, Dec 25, 1980, p 2406.

Listing NGR: SE3479567336