Building record 1156702023 - FOUR STATUES ALONG CRESCENT PATH NR SW. END OF WADDESDON MANOR

Summary

Four eighteenth to nineteenth century marble garden statues

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  • Listed Building (II) 42300: FOUR STATUES ALONG CRESCENT PATH NEAR SOUTH WEST END OF WADDESDON MANOR (DBC2347)

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Type and Period (1)

  • STATUE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Four statues. C18-C19 copies of antique pieces. Carved white marble. Female figures copied from: a) Diana of Gabii. b) Ceres (Vatican Museum). c) The Muse Euterpe (National Museum, Stockholm). d) The Muse Polyhymnia (Louvre). All are of less than life size and stand on cylindrical stone pedestals with moulded bases and cornices. (1970 Waddesdon Manor sculpture catalogue Nos. 95-98) (B1).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19269 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p78.
  • <2>SBC4631 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 1994. REGISTER OF PARKS & GARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN ENGLAND: PART 4: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 4.
  • <3>SBC4649 Bibliographic reference: S Eriksen. 1965. WADDESDON MANOR: A GUIDE TO THE HOUSE AND ITS CONTENTS.

Location

Grid reference SP 73226 16452 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Aug 24 2025 3:34PM

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