Building record 0440902005 - BLENHEIM PAVILION, CLIVEDEN

Summary

Early eighteenth century pavilion at Cliveden, built about 1735.

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  • Listed Building (I) 1125045: BLENHEIM PAVILION, CLIVEDEN

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  • PAVILION (Built about 1735, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade I. By Giacomo Leoni, circa 1735. Stone, lead roofs. Arched opening with paired Ionic pilasters flanked by single-storeyed rusticated one-bay wings. Garlands in the spandrels of the arch. Pediment with trophies. Alcove within has Ionic pilasters and opens towards the wings which have each a single sash window and a crowning balustrade terminating in obelisks. Country Life 24.2.1977. (B7).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC15712 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP241,243.
  • <2>SBC5608 Bibliographic reference: GENTS MAGAZINE LIBRARY ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY P287.
  • <3>SBC7745 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP296-297.
  • <4>SBC14364 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP 854-855.
  • <5>SBC11687 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP98-99 & PL61A.
  • <6>SBC9891 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST 1977 PROPERTIES OF....
  • <7>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p208.
  • <8>SBC4637 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Buckinghamshire. Part 4.

Location

Grid reference SU 90840 85710 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 2:19PM

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