Listed Building: Statue of Atlas approx 12m south west of Manor House (17/25)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 360919
Date assigned 11 March 1987
Date last amended

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Statue. Early C18. Limestone. Crouching figure carrying globe, representing "Atlas". Moulded ironstone plinth. Central figure of a group of statues including "The Seasons" (q.v.) noted as having belonged to a formal garden layout of c.1700 at the Manor House (q.v.). (C. Hussey, Ashby St. Ledgers Manor House, Country Life, August 1951, p.496).

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Grid reference Centred SP 5733 6824 (1m by 1m)
Civil Parish ASHBY ST. LEDGERS, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Jul 9 2008 4:16PM

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