Building record 0440902005 - BLENHEIM PAVILION, CLIVEDEN
Summary
Early eighteenth century pavilion at Cliveden, built about 1735.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (I) 1125045: BLENHEIM PAVILION, CLIVEDEN
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Type and Period (1)
- PAVILION (Built about 1735, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
The Blenheim Pavilion by Leoni in the NW corner of the garden is a handsome building with an arcaded opening on coupled ionic pilasters in the middle and lower rusticated one-bay wings. In the middle of the central room now [1960] a statue of Marlborough by Storyof 1897 (B5).
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 (3)
- <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p99.
- <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
Oct 28 2024 7:32PM
