Monument record 1409800000 - Site of statue of a Sleeping Shepherdess: Castle House, West Street
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- STATUE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Description
Grade II. Garden statue. Early-mid C18. Limestone. Almost life-size statue on low rectangular base, mounted on high pedestal, which has stepped and moulded base, moulded sunk panels to sides and deep, moulded cornice. The shepherdess is seated on the base of a tree stump resting her head on her right hand with her elbow propped up on the stumps. She has a long, loose dress, a belt and is wearing a bonnet. A leather water bottle is resting on the tree stump behind her. One of a pair of statues with that of the sleeping shepherd [CAS 14097] which originally stood either side of an axial path leading to the summer house in the garden of Cobham Cottage (qv). The shepherdess sits on the left, the shepherd on the right. They are recorded on their original site in the 1881 Ordnance Survey map of Buckingham (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC23498 Bibliographic reference: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1994. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: BOROUGH OF BUCKINGHAM. p164; delisted 21st March 2011.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 6938 3403 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 21 2013 5:11PM
