Duke Of Argyll's Monument

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 May 2022 to remove superfluous source details from text and to reformat the text to current standards SE30SW 1/41 STAINBOROUGH STAINBOROUGH PARK Duke of Argyll's Monument (formerly listed as Duke of Argyll's Monument Wentworth Castle) 18.3.68 II* Monumental column with statue. Dated 1744. By Joseph Bower (estate mason) for the Second Earl of Strafford in memory of the Duke of Argyll. Ashlar sandstone. Fluted Corinthian column set on pedestal and surmounted by a female statue. Moulded base; square die inscribed: 'TO THE MEMORY / OF HIS GRACE / JOHN DUKE OF ARGYLL / AND GREENWICH / who died October ye 4th 1743 / This Collumn was Dedicated in / 1744'; cornice. Statue depicts a woman in flowing robes originally intended to represent Fame but subsequently variously described as Victory, Minerva or (in previous list description) Britannia. In April 1741, William, Second Earl of Strafford, married Lady Anne Campbell, daughter of the Duke of Argyll, whose death gave William the excuse for the tallest of his landscape ornaments. Listing NGR: SE3224502420 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 333916 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.