Building record 0440902015 - BALUSTRADES TO HILLSIDE WALK TO REAR OF BOATHOUSE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332399: BALUSTRADES TO HILLSIDE WALK TO REAR OF THE BOATHOUSE
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Type and Period (1)
- BALUSTRADE (Constructed about 1900, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Grade II. C1900 for W W Astor by T Waldo Story. Stone Renaissance style balustrades to a section of footpath overlooking the Thames. Modelled on Villa Borghese balustrade [CAS 0440902004] with turned balusters and carved eagles on piers. Six sections divided by piers on west side, 3 sections and a single pier against the hillside (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. p213.
- <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 90930 84624 (point) |
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Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 29 2023 2:14PM