Series of Herms and Altars Laid Out in a Y to E of Ring Pond Chatsworth, England
Listed Building Data
Series of Herms and Altars Laid Out in a Y to E of Ring Pond 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1334743
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 19 June 1987
- Name
- SERIES OF HERMS AND ALTARS LAID OUT IN A Y TO THE EAST OF THE RING POND
- Location
- SERIES OF HERMS AND ALTARS LAID OUT IN A Y TO THE EAST OF THE RING POND
- Parish
- Chatsworth
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- County
- Derbyshire
- Grid Reference
- SK 26169 69906
- Easting
- 426169.1400
- Northing
- 369905.8800
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SR 2669 6/74 Series of Hermes and Altars laid out in a Y to the east of the Ring Pond GV I Twelve Hermes and twelve altars. c1730 probably by William Kent and originally adorning his exedra at Chiswick Villa. Ashlar. The altars are small rectangular chests about two foot high and on feet, with bold relief decoration to front and sides. Five male Hermes on plain tapering piers with moulded bases and Greek inscriptions. Five female Hermes with panelled tapering piers with acanthus and ribbon decoration. One male faun on a similar pier and one male fawn on a plain panelled pier. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I.
Listing NGR: SK2616969906
